Image:Gai-uron-120764.jpg

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[edit] Summary

Gai-uron panel by Gotlib

[edit] Fair use for Gai-Luron

The image Gai-uron-120764.jpg is being linked here; though the picture is originally copyright, it is believed fair use because:

  1. it is a low resolution copy of a comic book panel;
  2. it does not limit the copyright owners rights to sell the comic book in any way;
  3. copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  4. the particular cover is considered significant because it was one of the first panels of the publication;
  5. the image in question introduces and expresses the character in summary;

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the issue of the comic book in question;
    • the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
    • the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
  • or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the scene or storyline depicted, or
    • the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
  • where no free alternative exists or can be created,
  • 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 and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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