File:Dougstanhopesdeadbeathero.jpg

• Cover of Doug Stanhope's Deadbeat Hero DVD, published in the United States by Shout! Factory, 2004.

Fair use for Deadbeat Hero[edit]

This image, Dougstanhopesdeadbeathero.jpg, is being linked here; although the picture is subject to copyright, uploader feels it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. it is a low resolution copy of a DVD cover;
2. the image will be used for educational purposes, to illustrate Deadbeat Hero and other relevant articles in an encyclopedia;
3. it does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the DVD in any way;
4. copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the cover artwork on another DVD;
5. the image is significant because it depicts a particular DVD by a notable comedian.

Licensing[edit]

This image is the cover of a videotape, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the video or the studio which produced the video in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of video covers to illustrate the videotape or disc 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 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.

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for video covers. Try using Template:Non-free use rationale video cover to state the rationale. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template. Fair use true