File:Mean Machine poster.JPG

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Summary[edit]

• Promotional movie poster for the film Mean Machine (2001).
• This image was taken from http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51E47MN428L._AA240_.jpg and the copyright holder is United International Pictures.
• It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of movie posters to illustrate the movie in question or to provide critical analysis of the poster content or artwork on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law.
• The use of this image to identify the film does not effect the copyright holder's ability to distribute or otherwise make use of the said film.

Fair use rationale for Mean Machine[edit]

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

1. It is used for infobox in an article of the same name that discusses the film above.
2. It's a low resolution copy of a Film Poster / VHS or DVD Cover.
3. It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the film in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
4. Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork/image.
5. The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof and is designed to increase the reader's understanding of the film/subject.
6. The image is significant because it was used to promoted a notable film.
7. No free image is available, any similar to represent the film would still be subject to copyright.