File:Law & Order LA Title Card.jpg

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This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright. The use of low-resolution images on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, of logos for certain uses involving identification and critical commentary may qualify as non-free use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. Certain commercial use of this image may also be trademark infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Logos. Use of the logo here does not imply endorsement of the organization by Wikipedia or the Wikimedia Foundation, nor vice versa. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Law_%26_Order_LA_Title_Card.jpg true

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification of and critical commentary on the television program 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, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Law_%26_Order_LA_Title_Card.jpg true

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. The exhibition of low-resolution images of logos, to illustrate the television program 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 United States copyright law.
2. It is a low resolution copy of a logo.
3. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the TV series or said image.
4. The image is significant for the article as it shows visual from series.
5. No free or public domain images are possible, as this is a logo.
6. Image is intended as publicity for the network.
7. It is used for informational purposes only.
8. Such images are distributed with implicit license for their use in discussing the subject that is being promoted.
9. Image is of considerably lower resolution than the original.
10. Copies made from it will be of very inferior quality.
11. Its use does not detract from either the original image, or from the network itself.
12. Image is used solely for the identification of the subject.
13. The further use of this image on Wikipedia is not believed to disadvantage the copyright holder in any way.

Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification of and critical commentary on the television program 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, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Law_%26_Order_LA_Title_Card.jpg true