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Bettye Ackerman and Vincent Edwards in Ben Casey (1961–1966)

Fair use in Bettye Ackerman

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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 article's subject during her career, and her most notable role in the television series Ben Casey.
  2. The image is a screenshot from a single frame of a single episode of the television series.
  3. The use of the screenshot 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 television episode.
  4. It is a low resolution image.
  5. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  6. The character and the television series are copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace the screenshot with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image. The actress is furthermore deceased, and so a freely licensed image of her is not possible to obtain or create, let alone one that depicts her during the period for which she is notable.

Fair use in Ben Casey

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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 show that is the article's topic, and the lead characters in that series.
  2. The image provides important visual information about the characters in the context of the show.
  3. The image is a screenshot from a single frame of a single episode of the television series.
  4. The use of the screenshot 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 television episode.
  5. It is a low resolution image.
  6. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  7. The characters and the television series are copyrighted, and so it is impossible to replace the screenshot with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed image.

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current05:47, 15 July 2005Thumbnail for version as of 05:47, 15 July 2005250 × 202 (21 KB)Postdlf (talk | contribs)Bettye Ackerman and Vince Edwards in ''Ben Casey'' (1961-1966) {{promotional}}

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