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File:Poster of Project X, short documentary film, November 2016.jpg

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Description The poster of Project X, a November 2016 short documentary film by Laura Poitras and Henrik Moltke.
Author or
copyright owner		 Laura Poitras, Henrik Moltke, Praxis Films, Field of Vision, Nels Bangerter
Source (WP:NFCC#4) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6185654/mediaviewer/rm376781056/ , Archived 2025-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
Date of publication November 26, 2016
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Project X (2016 short documentary)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with
free media because (WP:NFCC#1)		 Any derivative work based upon the cover art would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) This image of the poster is uploaded at a minimal resolution (under 99'000 pixels - 261 x 383) to visually identify solely the work in question (at Project X). It will not be used elsewhere.
Respect for
commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)		 The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Project X (2016 short documentary)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Poster_of_Project_X,_short_documentary_film,_November_2016.jpgtrue

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

  1. It illustrates an educational article about the short documentary film from which the film poster illustration was taken.
  1. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  1. The use of the film poster illustration will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the film.
  1. It is a low resolution image.
  1. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  1. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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This image is of a film 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 film posters
  • to provide critical commentary on the film in question or of the film poster itself, not solely for illustration
  • 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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