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[edit] Summary and Rationale

This is an image of the promotional "Gimli on Dead Uruk-hai" miniature from the Games Workshop official website As Wikipedia is a non-commercial site, it is believed that it is fair use of this copyrighted image.

The image is a derivitave work, and in accordance with Games Workshop IP, Photos of Painted Miniatures, it must be used with the following disclaimer: Gimli on Dead Uruk-hai © Games Workshop 2003. All rights reserved. Used without permission.

This image of the is unchanged and in the original format it was in on the Games Workshop site.

It is currently being used on three articles (The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, The War of the Ring Online Campaign, Games Workshop Online Community) to illustrate promotional miniatures released as part of worldwide campaigns mentioned in the aforementioned articles.

In its use for these purposes, it is not replaceable by a free image.

[edit] Licensing

This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted sculpture, statue or any other three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2) who owns copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works.

Per § 107 it is believed that reproduction for criticism, comment, teaching and scholarship constitutes fair use and does not infringe copyright.

It is believed that the use of a picture

to illustrate the three-dimensional work of art in question,
to discuss the artistic genre or technique of the work of art
or to discuss the artist or the school to which the artist belongs

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.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use as well as copyright information on the original artwork.

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current	18:17, 20 December 2005	515×385 (84 KB)	Grimhelm (Talk \| contribs)	(It is legal to put this picture from the Games Workshop official website on another site as long as it is credited as being a Games Workshop product. This image of the promotional "Gimli on Dead Uruk-hai" miniature is unchanged and in the original format )