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Non-free media information and use rationale true for The Professor (Gilligan's Island)
Description	A screenshot showing Russell Johnson as The Professor from Gilligan's Island
Source	http://www.dragonsfoot.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=43857
Article	The Professor (Gilligan's Island)
Portion used	Detail
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	It is only being used to illustrate the article in question
Replaceable?	The image is irreplaceable; a free analogue is impossible to produce as any comparable image will be covered by copyright for the foreseeable future
Other information	The use of this image on Wikipedia is contended to be a fair use, since it is used solely for educational purposes in a not-for-profit encyclopedia, is necessary for cultural and historical purposes, and the material value of the possible copyright is not believed to be lessened by its use here It is believed that the use of this image on the English-language Wikipedia to illustrate an article on the character in question falls under the "Non-profit educational" clause of the Fair Use doctrine currently upheld by United States law. (17 U.S.C. § 107) It is a low resolution copy It is only being used to illustrate the article in question The image is irreplaceable; a free analogue is impossible to produce as the original will be covered by copyright for the foreseeable future Owing to the limited web-resolution of the image, only a small portion of a copyrighted work is used It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the image in any way For the same reasons, the portion of the copyrighted work used is of inherently lower quality than the original, reducing the risk of competitiveness and therefore the effects of this copy on the market for or value of versions held by the owner of the copyright
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Fair use for The Professor (Gilligan's Island) edit

This image, The Professor (Gilligan's Island).jpg, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright it is believed that its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

it is a screenshot of a television show character;
it does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell media related to the character or the films in any way;
copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the program;
the image is accompanied by a description of the character's role and critical commentary of their importance on the show;
the image is significant because it identifies the subject of the article.

Licensing edit

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots

for identification of and critical commentary on the television program and its contents
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, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content.
Fair use

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