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Tawny Kitaen in Whitesnake music video "Here I Go Again"

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[edit] Fair use in Tawny Kitaen

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

1. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of a significant point in the article topic's career, namely her iconic appearance in the music video depicted and its establishment of Kitaen as a sex symbol.
2. The image is a single screenshot from the music video, which will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the music video.
3. It is a low resolution image.
4. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
5. The music video is copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace the image with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image. Moreover, the relevant information the image provides is specific to her appearance in the music video. This informational role will not be served by another image of Kitaen from another context.

[edit] Fair use in Here I Go Again

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

1. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the music video for the article topic of the song.
2. The image chosen illustrates a significant element and visual from the video.
3. The image is a single screenshot from the music video, which will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the music video.
4. It is a low resolution image.
5. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
6. The music video is copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace the image with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted music video or promotional video for a music artist, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the producers of the video and possibly also by the music artist. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question 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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