File:Chickbill.jpg

Summary edit

Chick Bill characters by Tibet, Dargaud/Lombard, single panel off a comic book; Lowres scan

Fair use rationale edit

It is believed that this image, Chickbill.jpg, is subject to fair use in the article Chick Bill because:

• The image is used for identification and critical commentary of the article subject
• The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the original work.
• The image is used to provide a sample of the comic book artist's work
• The image is a web-resolution image, of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of highly inferior quality).
• It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to market or sell the work in any way.
• No free or public domain images may be located for this item.
• It depicts a fictional subject, a character, that is copyrighted. It would be impossible to create a replacement image which would not be subject to the original author's copyright.
• The image substantially improves the article it is in.
• It is used in Wikipedia only for educational purposes and is not used for profit.
• Its use on Wikipedia does not compete with the copyright holder.
• Its use on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.

Licensing edit

This image is an illustration of a character or characters in a comic book, video game, or animated television program or film. The copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher/producer and/or artist(s) producing the work in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of character artwork: for commentary on the character or characters in question, where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information, on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. 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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