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3 Fair use rationale for use in article Devil in a Blue Dress (film)
4 Licensing

[edit] Summary

Screenshot of the main character in 1995 film: Devil in a Blue Dress. Low resolution. Actor: Denzel Washington as Easy.

Source: All Posters http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Denzel-Washington-Devil-in-a-Blue-Dress-Posters_i1630287_.htm

[edit] Source

Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of screen-capture of Film (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the film company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.

[edit] Fair use rationale for use in article Devil in a Blue Dress (film)

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

This image is being used to illustrate the article of the movie in question and is used for informational purposes only.
This image is of low resolution of film screen-shot.
Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the image.
It is believed that this image will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work, in fact, it may encourage sales.
The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article.
Image is needed for educational purposes only in relation to the subject it is discussing and to identify the film in cinematic history.
Image used for comment, reporting, and teaching qualifies as Fair Use.
The image is significant because it was used to promote a notable 1995 neo-noir film of African American actors/characters in their cultural milieu in Los Angeles. Actor Washington in role as noir African American detective which is rare in the history of cinema.

[edit] Licensing

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on the film 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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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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current	16:48, 29 November 2007	375×466 (87 KB)	Luigibob (Talk \| contribs)	(==Summary== Screenshot of the main character in 1995 film: ''Devil in a Blue Dress''. Low resolution. Actor: Denzel Washington as Easy. Source: All Posters http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Denzel-Washington-Devil-in-a-Blue-Dress-Posters_i1630287_.htm =)