File:GrimhelmConversion.jpg

Summary edit

Summary and Rationale edit

• This image is my own photo of a Maeglin miniature I painted and converted myself for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game. The image was created for an unofficial gaming supplement, and is taken from the One Ring website

• The conversion is made from three Games Workshop models, incorporating a Swan Knight of Dol Amroth, a Knight of Minas Tirith, and a High Elf Spearman. Although a derivative work, this conversion is in accordance with Games Workshop IP, Conversions. Its use is permitted with the following disclaimer: Miniature components © Games Workshop 2003. All rights reserved. Used without permission - model painted and converted by Grimhelm.

• It is currently being used in one article, to illustrate miniature conversions for The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game.

• In its use for these purposes, it is not replaceable by a free image.

Licensing edit

This photo is released under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5, but the subject of the photo is copyrighted and non-free.

This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted sculpture, statue or any other three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2) whoever holds copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works. Per § 107 it is believed that reproduction for criticism, comment, teaching and scholarship constitutes fair use and does not infringe copyright. It is believed that the use of a picture to illustrate the three-dimensional work of art in question, to discuss the artistic genre or technique of the work of art or to discuss the artist or the school to which the artist belongs 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, might be copyright infringement. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GrimhelmConversion.jpg true