File:Battlefield earth planetship.jpg

Summary edit

Screenshot from Battlefield Earth, showing Shaun Austin-Olsen as the "Planetship"

Fair use rationale in article Battlefield Earth (film) edit

1. The image is of a low resolution, cannot be reproduced in a higher quality format
2. Use is encyclopedic, specifically to illustrate the "dutch angle" effect in Battlefield Earth (film) and dutch angle
3. No free equivalent exists that would effectively identify the article's subject.
4. The image does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product.
5. The image is rendered in low resolution to avoid piracy.
6. The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic.
7. The image meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
8. The image is used in the articles wiki-linked in the section title.
9. The image is used in the article namespace.
10. The image has a brief description that identifies the image, notes the source, and provides attribution to the copyright holder.

Licensing edit

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for critical commentary and discussion of the film and its contents on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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