File:Thewash.jpg

Rationale of fair use for The Wash (2001 film)

1. The image is of lower resolution and quality than the original (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
2. No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.
3. The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the movie or DVDs in any way.
4. The image's inclusion in the article is important to represent the movie in its entity.
5. The image is being used for informational purposes only.
6. copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another DVD;
7. The material has previously been published in numerous sources, with higher resolution images available elsewhere (Amazon.com, for example).
8. Used as a poster it can be seen in various locations as well as in publications.

Licensing

This image is of a poster, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher or the creator of the work depicted. It is believed that the use of scaled-down, low-resolution images of posters to provide critical commentary on the film, event, etc. in question or of the poster itself, not solely for illustration 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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