File:Swing You Sinners 1930.jpg

Swing_You_Sinners_1930.jpg(370 × 269 pixels, file size: 65 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description The scared dog character, Bimbo, is surrounded by the landscape of the haunted graveyard that decides to condemn him for stealing a chicken.
Author or
copyright owner
Paramount Pictures
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Swing You Sinners, uploaded on 24 August 2014 on YouTube
Date of publication 24 September 1930
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Swing You Sinners!
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) The photo illustrates how the cartoon is 'surreal', 'transportive' etc, which is supported in the accompanying article's "Legacy" and "Review" section.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
The software or website from which the screenshot is taken is copyrighted and not released under a free license, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Not replaceable with
textual coverage because
(WP:NFCC#1)
A description of a cartoon that includes "surreal" and "abstract" cannot be fully illustrated as definitions of "surreal" varies - the photo identifies the cartoon style regardless of varying descriptions and in an objective way.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) The photo is an extract of one frame and of lower resolution - it will only be used in the accompanying article.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The use of a low resolution screenshot from software or a website will not impact the commercial viability of the software or site.
Other information Copyright renewal for "Swing You Sinners" (sic, Swing You Sinner) was renewed in December 1957 by the then-copyright holder UM&M TV Corp.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Swing You Sinners!//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Swing_You_Sinners_1930.jpgtrue

Fair use in Swing You Sinners! edit

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

  1. It illustrates an educational article about the film from which the still frame capture was taken.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The use of the still frame capture will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the film.
  4. It is a low resolution image.
  5. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  6. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:11, 4 September 2022Thumbnail for version as of 00:11, 4 September 2022370 × 269 (65 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
02:55, 3 September 2022No thumbnail1,387 × 1,011 (191 KB)Blithebear (talk | contribs)
14:05, 17 November 2021No thumbnail250 × 187 (33 KB)Misterpither (talk | contribs)Uploading an excerpt from a non-free work using File Upload Wizard
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