Images - Our rationale for claiming fair use: 1) All images not specifically licensed by
All This Is That are employed to illustrate essays and news articles, poems, and works of fiction and satire. These images are used for informational or educational purposes only.
2) The image is low resolution; if the image is high resolution, it is a) clearly in the public domain, b) licensed to
All This Is That by Creative Commons, or another such organization; or c) is the only available image to use as an illustration--e.g., there are no free or licenseable images available; in which case, we generally reduce the resolution to the extent it is not suitable for commercial uses.
3) The use of these images will not impinge the ability of the copyright holder to rake in the sheckels, dollars and piastres from their original work.
This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
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The Wikipedia's has far more stringent requirements for claiming fair use than All This Is That:
A well-written use rationale must explain how the use of this media meets the Non-free content criteria and should state:
What proportion of the copyrighted work is used and to what degree does it compete with the copyright holder's usage? For example, if the image is a photograph or logo, the entire work is likely being used. A screenshot that reveals the most important discovery of a documentary or the ending of a movie, for example, though a very small portion of the work, may disproportionately compete with the copyright holder's use. In the case of a music sample, the length should be no longer than 10 percent of the song's original length or 30 seconds, whichever is shorter.
If applicable, has the resolution been reduced from the original? In the case of music samples, has the quality been reduced from the original?
What purpose does the image serve in the article?
Is the image a logo, photograph, or box art for the main subject of the article?
Is the image being used as the primary means of visual identification of the subject or topic?
(e.g., a corporate logo or the box art of a DVD)
Is it being used to illustrate a particular topic? (e.g., a screenshot from a movie)
To what degree is the image replaceable by a free content image?
If the image is a screenshot of a movie that for an article about the movie, or a corporate logo, there is obviously no such thing as a "free" version of it - all of the resources in the world could not produce one. If, on the other hand, the image is a photograph, the image is more easily replaced, even if Wikipedians may lack the resources to create a replacement.
Any other information necessary to assist others in determining whether the use of this image qualifies for fair use.
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