File:TheMedusaTouch1978.jpg

Summary edit

Original 1978 theatrical release movie poster.

Fair use in The Medusa Touch (film) article. edit

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws and Wikipedia policy because:

1. There is no free use image available.
2. Its use does not limit the copyright owner's rights to market the film.
3. Its use is minimal and the image is in low resolution (96 dpi).
4. The image has been previously published as a full-size movie poster.
5. The image is encyclopedic in nature, providing useful information to assist the article. It is not mere decoration.
6. Its use adheres to Wikipedia's Image use policy.
7. It is being used in at least one article and thus meets Wikipedia's minimum use requirement in that regard.
8. The image is significant because it was used to promote a film with a telekinesis storyline and includes the word "telekinesis" in large letters at the top of the poster.
9. The image is only being used on a Wikipedia article page.
10. The image is properly described and is being used in the Wikipedia movie article The Medusa Touch (film) as the original 1978 film poster. Thus, its fair use on Wikipedia is in the context of being the subject of critical discussion and not commercial use.

Source edit

1. Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the film Poster (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party).
2. Available at http://www.answers.com/topic/the-medusa-touch-film and http://www.answers.com/topic/49244-1020-a-jpg (image stored on their servers, not Wikipedias).
3. Copyright in image is held by ITC Entertainment and Warner Bros..

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.

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for posters. Try using Template:Non-free use rationale poster to state the rationale. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template. Fair use true