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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Calvin and Hobbes
Description

small character illustration
Source

Calvin and Hobbes daily comic strip, as released 30 January 1986
Article

Calvin and Hobbes
Portion used

excerpt
Low resolution?

Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction
Purpose of use

Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article
Replaceable?

Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.
Other information

Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a portion of a comic book panel, hence, only a small portion of the commercial

product;

  1. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's

rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book;

  1. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a
visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;
Non-free / fair use media rationale for Secondary characters in Calvin and Hobbes
Description

small character illustration
Source

Calvin and Hobbes daily comic strip, as released 30 January 1986
Article

Secondary characters in Calvin and Hobbes
Portion used

excerpt
Low resolution?

Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction
Purpose of use

Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article
Replaceable?

Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.
Other information

Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a portion of a comic book panel, hence, only a small portion of the commercial

product;

  1. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's

rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book;

  1. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a
visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;
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.

[edit] Automatically converted to PNG

The PNG crusade bot automatically converted this image to the more efficient PNG format. The image was previously uploaded as "Calmoe.gif".

[edit] Previous file history

00:25:51, 16 August 2005 (UTC) . . KFan II (Talk | Contribs) . . 78x89 (2,296 bytes) (Moe, from Calvin and Hobbes. )

[edit] Previous description history

02:37:15, 4 May 2007 (UTC) Remember the dot (Talk | Contribs) (ShouldBePNG)
18:36:49, 30 April 2007 (UTC) Cydebot (Talk | Contribs) (Robot - Renaming non-free template "Comicpanel" per Wikipedia:Non-free content/templates.)
11:09:52, 8 January 2007 (UTC) RememberMe? (Talk | Contribs)
07:15:14, 10 March 2006 (UTC) Oscarthecat (Talk | Contribs) (added source details)
16:08:01, 9 March 2006 (UTC) Oscarthecat (Talk | Contribs)
16:06:16, 9 March 2006 (UTC) Oscarthecat (Talk | Contribs)
16:06:03, 9 March 2006 (UTC) Oscarthecat (Talk | Contribs)
16:03:06, 9 March 2006 (UTC) OrphanBot (Talk | Contribs) (Listing pages that the image has been removed from)
12:27:51, 3 March 2006 (UTC) Shyam (Talk | Contribs)
00:25:51, 16 August 2005 (UTC) KFan II (Talk | Contribs) (Moe, from Calvin and Hobbes.)

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current17:33, 24 May 200778×89 (2 KB)PNG crusade bot (Talk | contribs) (__NOTOC__ Moe, from Calvin and Hobbes. Added source info as below, after Orphanbot troubles. No free use image available; image to be used for educational purposes only; image of reduced resolution/quality. Source : Calvin and Hobbes daily comic st)

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