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1 Summary
2 Fair use rationale for 'Round Springfield
3 Fair use rationale for List of recurring characters from The Simpsons
4 Licensing

[edit] Summary

This is a screenshot from the episode of The Simpsons "'Round Springfield". It is of Bleeding Gums Murphy, and the charicature of Bill Cosby, in a flashback of the Cosby Show. I captured this myself, from my own Season 6 DVD. Copyright Gracie Films and 20th century Fox television, 1995.

[edit] Fair use rationale for 'Round Springfield

It is believed that this image, Cosbysimpson.jpg, is subject to fair use in the article 'Round Springfield because:

This image illustrates the text next to which it appears, which describes the scene portrayed.
It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality).
It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to market or sell the work in any way.
The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the original work.
No free or public domain images have been located for this item.

[edit] Fair use rationale for List of recurring characters from The Simpsons

No free equivalent exists that would effectively identify the article's subject, who is a copyrighted Fox character.
The image does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product.
The image is only used once and is rendered in low resolution to avoid piracy.
The image has been published outside Wikipedia; see source above.
The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic, identifying Bleeding Gums.
The image meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
The image is used in the articles wiki-linked in the section title.
The image is significant in identifying the subject of the article, which is the character himself.
The image is used in the article namespace.
The image has a brief description that identifies the image, notes the source, and provides attribution to the copyright holder.

[edit] Licensing

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.