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Summary
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| Description |
This is the English language VHS coverart for the 1976 film Return to Earth. The film poster copyright is believed to belong to the distributor of the film or the publisher of the film. |
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| Source |
May be found at the following website: http://www.fulltv.com.ar/images/peliculas/retorno-a-la-tierra.jpg |
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| Portion used |
The entire VHS coverart: because the image is display art, a form of product promotion, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image. |
| Low resolution? |
The digitized image of the original VHS coverart is of a size and resolution sufficient to maintain the quality intended by ABC television without being unnecessarily high resolution. The copy used is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original film poster. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork. |
| Purpose of use |
Main infobox: The VHS coverart is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as coverart. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the creator providing graphic design services to film concerns and in turn marketing films to the public. |
| Replaceable? |
As display art, a form of product promotion, the DVD coverart is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the film would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. |
| Other information |
Use of the film poster in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Return to Earth (film)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Return_to_Earth.jpgtrue | |
Fair use rationale for the Return to Earth (film) article
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This copyrighted image is used in the English-language Wikipedia article "Return to Earth (film)". The manner of said use constitutes a "fair use" under United States copyright law. Specifically:
- The English-language Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit charitable organization.
- The article for which the use occurs is purely educational in nature.
- The sole purpose of this use is to illustrate the film in question.
- Said image is the primary means of visual identification of the main topic of the article.
- It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for the illegal production of counterfeit goods.
- Since it is copyrighted film poster, the image is not replaceable with a free content image.
- 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.
- The market for the original product will not be diminished by this use of the image.
Copyright for this image belongs to ABC television.
Licensing
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  | 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
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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