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{| class="notice-template copyright" | {| class="notice-template copyright" align="center" style="width:80%;background:#fff9f9;border:1px solid #C55;padding:5px;font-size:12px" | ||
|[[File:Copyright.svg|48px|Copyrighted TV screenshot]] | |[[File:Copyright.svg|48px|Copyrighted TV screenshot]] | ||
|''This is a screenshot of a '''[[wikipedia:Copyright|copyrighted]] television program''', and the '''copyright''' for it is most likely held by the producers of the program and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a '''limited number''' of '''web-resolution''' screenshots for '''identification and critical commentary on the television program in question''' or '''the copyrighted character(s) depicted on the screenshot in question''' qualifies as '''[[wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]''' under [[wikipedia:Copyright law of the United States|United States copyright law]], as such display '''does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material''', is '''not being used to turn a profit in this context''', and presents ideas that '''cannot be exhibited otherwise'''. See {{wp|Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyrights}} and [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|fair use rationale]]. | |''This is a screenshot of a '''[[wikipedia:Copyright|copyrighted]] television program''', and the '''copyright''' for it is most likely held by the producers of the program and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a '''limited number''' of '''web-resolution''' screenshots for '''identification and critical commentary on the television program in question''' or '''the copyrighted character(s) depicted on the screenshot in question''' qualifies as '''[[wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]''' under [[wikipedia:Copyright law of the United States|United States copyright law]], as such display '''does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material''', is '''not being used to turn a profit in this context''', and presents ideas that '''cannot be exhibited otherwise'''. See {{wp|Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyrights}} and [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|fair use rationale]]. | ||
|}<includeonly>[[Category:Television screenshots|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:Copyright tags|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude> | |}<includeonly>[[Category:Television screenshots|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly><noinclude>[[Category:Copyright tags|{{PAGENAME}}]]</noinclude> | ||
