File:LittleShop.jpg

Summary edit

Theatrical release poster for The Little Shop of Horrors. Source: http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/pd--10129675/The_Little_Shop_of_Horrors_Style_A.htm

Fair use edit

This image, Image:LittleShop.jpg, qualifies under the "fair use" doctrine in the article The Little Shop of Horrors because:

1. This image is used to represent the film and illustrate how it was promoted during its original theatrical release.
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
3. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to market or sell the work in any way.
4. This image is used on various websites, so its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is.
5. The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the original work.
6. No free or public domain images have been located for this item.

This image qualifies under the "fair use" doctrine in the articles Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan and The Mikado because:

1. This image is used to represent how the song "The Flowers that Bloom in the Spring", from The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan is used as a PARODY in popular culture (and, in particular, in musical theatre). This poster appears to be one of the few images available that illustrates this PARODY usage so well.
2. It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
3. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to market or sell the work in any way.
4. This image is used on various websites, so its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is.
5. The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the original work.
6. No free or public domain images have been located for this item.

Licensing edit

This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of posters to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration 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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