File:Igopogo.jpg

Image taken by the Barrie examiner of Igopogo, in Lake Simcoe, 1976. Copy derived from the following site: [1]

It is believed that this image qualifies as fair use in Igopogo for the following reasons:

1. It is a low-resolution photograph.
2. Its use in Wikipedia does not infringe the copyright holder's rights in any way.
3. It is a widely-used image over the internet.
4. It cannot yet be replaced, as sightings of the creature have grown rarer in recent years.
5. It serves to illustrate the article in question.
6. It serves to identify the creature known as the Igopogo.

This image is of a 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 posters to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration 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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