File:Otaku-no-Video-DVDcover.jpg

Description edit

DVD cover for North American release of Otaku no Video, by Gainax. Source: [1]

Fair use rationale in Otaku no Video edit

This image falls under fair use because:

1. The image depicts the cover of the entity discussed in the article.
2. The image illustrates an educational article about the entity that the image represents.
3. The image depicts the main characters from the series depicted.
4. The image is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
5. The image is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media
6. The image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value, nor could one be created.
7. The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the image.

Fair use rationale in Gainax edit

This image falls under fair use because:

1. The image depicts the cover of one of the most famous works of the animation studio discussed in the article.
2. The image illustrates an educational article about the animation studio that the image represents.
3. The image is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
4. The image is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media
5. The image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value, nor could one be created.
6. The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the image.

License edit

This image is the cover of a videotape, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the video or the studio which produced the video in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of video covers to illustrate the videotape or disc in question 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 video covers. Try using Template:Non-free use rationale video cover 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