Image:Wherethebuffaloroam.png

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[edit] Summary

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Where the Buffalo Roam
Description

Poster by Ralph Steadman for the film, Where the Buffalo Roam.
Source

Copyright 1980 Universal Pictures.
Article

Where the Buffalo Roam
Portion used

Poster
Low resolution?

Yes
Purpose of use

For fair use on Where the Buffalo Roam

  1. The image is significant because it illustrates a major component of the film: An original film poster, drawn by Ralph Steadman, a frequent collaborator of the film's subject, Hunter S. Thompson.
  2. No free equivalent exists that would effectively identify the article's subject.
  3. The image does not in any way limit the ability of the copyright owners to market or sell their product.
  4. The image is only used once and is rendered in low resolution to avoid piracy.
  5. The image has been published outside Wikipedia; see source above.
  6. The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic.
  7. The image meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
  8. The image is used in the article wiki-linked in the section title.
  9. The image is significant in identifying the subject of the article, which is the film itself.
  10. The image is used in the article namespace.
  11. The image has a brief description that identifies the image, notes the source, and provides attribution to the copyright holder.

For fair use on Ralph Steadman:

  1. The image is significant because it illustrates a major component of Steadman's career, in which he collaborated with Hunter S. Thompson in the illustration of the author's works.
  2. No free equivalent exists that would effectively convey this aspect of Steadman's career.
  3. The image has been published outside Wikipedia; see source above.
  4. The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic.
  5. The image meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
  6. The image is used in the article wiki-linked in the section title.
  7. The image is significant in identifying the subject of the article, which is the film itself.
  8. The image is used in the article namespace.
  9. The image has a brief description that identifies the image, notes the source, and provides attribution to the copyright holder.
Replaceable?

Not replaceable; publicity still photos from films are usually presumed non-free.

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of posters
  • to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration
  • 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 well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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