File:Whitemaneposter.jpg

Summary[edit]

Promotional film poster for French film:White Mane. Title in French.

Source: Baroque Films http://www.baroque.idv.tw/oeuvre-detail.asp?OeuvreID=56

Source[edit]

Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the Film Poster (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the film company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.

Fair use rationale for use in article White Mane[edit]

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

• This image is being used to illustrate the article of the movie in question and is used for informational purposes only.
• This image is of low resolution of film poster.
• Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the image.
• It is believed that this image will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work, in fact, it may encourage sales.
• The image is itself a subject of discussion and critical commentary in the article and used in the infobox thereof.
• Image is needed for educational purposes only in relation to the subject it is discussing and to identify the film in cinematic history.
• Image used for critical commentary, reporting, and teaching qualifies as Fair Use.

Significance of image for use in the article[edit]

• Image is significant because it was used to promote a notable 1953 French short film. The film won many film awards and is known as a popular children's film. It also was featured in many film festivals around the world.

Licensing[edit]

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 the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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