File:Cryinvid.jpg

Summary

Fair use rationale for "Cryin'"

This image, Cryinvid.jpg, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. The image is being used to identify and illustrate the music video in question.
2. No free or public domain alternatives are available that would adequately give the same information.
3. This image is widely distributed in other venues, so its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is.
4. The image is of lower resolution than the original video.
5. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD single or music video in any way.
6. The image does not replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
7. The image is being used for informational purposes only.

Licensing:

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted music video or promotional video for a music artist, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the producers of the video and possibly also by the music artist. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information, 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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