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Description	Original theatrical poster of film. Image may have been cropped, edited for clarity, and is a low resolution capture to prevent piracy
Author or copyright owner	Paramount Pictures
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	http://coolandcollected.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/The-War-Of-The-Worlds-1953-1965-Re-ReleaseB.jpg
Date of publication	1953
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	The War of the Worlds (1953 film)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	Fair use rationale for use in article The War of the Worlds (1953 film) Although this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws. This image is being used to illustrate the article of the movie in question and is used for informational purposes only. This is a low resolution image. Because of the low resolution, image could not be used to make illegal copies for sale. The image has been published outside Wikipedia; see source above. It is believed that this image will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work. In fact, it may encourage sales. As such, the image does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product. Image is needed for educational purposes in relation to the subject it is discussing and to identify the film in cinematic history.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Other information	The image is significant because it was used to promote a notable film produced. The image of the theater poster is used as the film's primary means of visual identification in the The War of the Worlds (1953 film) article. For the above stated reasons image used for critical commentary, reporting, and/or teaching qualifies as Fair Use.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The War of the Worlds (1953 film)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Film1953-TheWarOfTheWorlds-OriginalPoster.jpgtrue

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This image is of a film 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 film posters

to provide critical commentary on the film in question or of the film poster itself, not solely for illustration
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 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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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:50, 24 October 2017		187 × 292 (22 KB)	Drbogdan (talk \| contribs)	Downsized to 55k pixels (from 160k pixels)
	21:16, 12 October 2015	No thumbnail	320 × 500 (56 KB)	Drbogdan (talk \| contribs)	Uploading a piece of non-free cover art using File Upload Wizard

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