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Fair use rationale for The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow article[edit]

This copyrighted image is used in the English-language Wikipedia article "The Hidan of Maukbeiangjow". The manner of said use constitutes a "fair use" under United States copyright law. Specifically:

1. The English-language Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit charitable organization.
2. The article for which the use occurs is purely educational in nature.
3. The sole purpose of this use is to illustrate the film in question.
4. Said image is the primary means of visual identification of the main topic of the article.
5. It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for the illegal production of counterfeit goods.
6. Since it is copyrighted coverart, the image is not replaceable with a free content image.
7. The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the image.
8. The market for the original product will not be diminished by this use of the image.

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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.

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