File:Best Years of Our Lives 01 bar.jpg

Summary[edit]

Actors: Harold Russell and Hoagy Carmichael (at piano) appear in William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives.

Source: This image is a frame grab from the DVD of the film.

Fair use rationale for use in American films of 1946 article[edit]

1. No free equivalent exists that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.
2. The image is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
3. The image is only used once and is rendered in low resolution to avoid piracy.
4. The image has been published outside Wikipedia; see source above.
5. The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic.
6. The image meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
7. The image is used in the article wiki-linked in the section title.
8. The image is significant in identifying the subject of the article, which is the film itself.
9. The image is used in the article namespace.
10. The image provides attribution to the source material, includes a copyright tag, and identifies the name of the article in which the image is used.

Fair use rationale for use in The Best Years of Our Lives film article[edit]

1. No free equivalent exists that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.
2. The image is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
3. The image is only used once and is rendered in low resolution to avoid piracy.
4. The image has been published outside Wikipedia; see source above.
5. The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic.
6. The image meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
7. The image is used in the article wiki-linked in the section title.
8. The image is significant in identifying the subject of the article, which is the film itself.
9. The image is used in the article namespace.
10. The image provides attribution to the source material, includes a copyright tag, and identifies the name of the article in which the image is used.

Fair use rationale for use in André Bazin (film critic) article[edit]

1. No free equivalent exists that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.
2. The image is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
3. The image is only used once and is rendered in low resolution to avoid piracy.
4. The image has been published outside Wikipedia; see source above.
5. The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic.
6. The image meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
7. The image is used in the article wiki-linked in the section title.
8. The image is significant in illuminating the subject of the article, which is the critical work of André Bazin.
9. The image is used in the article namespace.
10. The image provides attribution to the source material, includes a copyright tag, and identifies the name of the article in which the image is used.

Fair use rationale for use in Harold Russell article[edit]

1. No free equivalent exists that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.
2. The image is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media.
3. The image is only used once and is rendered in low resolution to avoid piracy.
4. The image has been published outside Wikipedia; see source above.
5. The image meets general Wikipedia content requirements and is encyclopedic.
6. The image meets Wikipedia's media-specific policy.
7. The image is used in the article wiki-linked in the section title.
8. The image is significant in identifying the subject of the article, which is the film itself.
9. The image is used in the article namespace.
10. The image provides attribution to the source material, includes a copyright tag, and identifies the name of the article in which the image is used.

Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for critical commentary and discussion of the film and its contents 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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