File:Falcon model.jpg

Summary[edit]

The Maltese falcon ornament used in the film The Maltese Falcon (1941 film). Image is needed to identify the ornament and visually see the dimensions for a greater undertsanding of the discussion.

Rationale for fair use in The Maltese Falcon (1941 film)[edit]

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

• Source:http://www.profilesinhistory.com/auctions/images/Auc7_158.jpg

Licensing[edit]

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) whoever holds 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 the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Falcon_model.jpg true

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