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[edit] Summary

Image capture from the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Property of The WB Network, United Paramount Network (UPN), Mutant Enemy Inc., and 20th Century Fox.

[edit] Licensing

[edit] Fair use in Dawn Summers

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

1. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the fictional television character, Dawn Summers, that is the article's topic.
2. The image provides important visual information about the character in the context of the show.
3. The image is a screenshot from a single frame of a single episode of the television series.
4. The use of the screenshot 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 television episode.
5. It is a low resolution image.
6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
7. The character and the television series are copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace the screenshot with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

[edit] Rationale for fair use in article No Place Like Home (Buffy episode)

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content#Audio clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "List of Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes" : To illustrate the subject in question Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]), qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights. To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed non-free use rationale.

This picture is being used in Wikipedia's episode listing for the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Although it is subject to copyright, the editors of Wikipedia, among them myself (Michaelas10) in particular, feel that it is covered by US fair use laws because:

• It is a low resolution still image.
• It is used here for purely encyclopedic and informational purposes.
• It does not harm the copyright owner commercially.

Further, we believe this image is important to the list because:

• It contributes significantly to the list by showing this specific image to illustrate the episode or a part of the episode's plot.
• It contributes significantly to the list by helping identify the characters in question.

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program or station ID. 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 web-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the station ID or 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 United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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