File:Etymonline.png

Summary

A screenshot of the etymonline.com homepage, as seen from Firefox.

Fair Use Rationale on Online Etymology Dictionary

The use of a low resolution version of this screenshot constitutes fair use on the Google search article because:

• The low resolution nature of the image prevents reuse which could infringe on the commercial benefit of the copyright owner;
• The subject of the image is critically discussed by the article;
• The copyright holder had willingly published the materials displayed in the image so that they may be freely accessed by the general public.

Licensing

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted web page, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the owner of the website. It may also contain trademarked logos, which are likely not affiliated with Wikipedia. It is believed that the use of a limited number of such screenshots for identification and critical commentary relating to the website 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 is not appropriate for images and media found on websites; it should be used for screenshots of websites only. In other words, it should only be used when the subject of the image, not the source of the image, is a website. Template:Website screenshot rationale may be helpful for stating 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