Fair use rationale
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| Description |
Pictures of the actors who have portrayed Superman. Images are (upper left to lower right):
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| Source |
From upper left to lower right:
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| Article | |
| Portion used |
All are portions of the images as released. Cropping and paster up done by User:J Greb and User:NeoBatfreak |
| Low resolution? |
360px (landscape) size, each separate image at 180px, unsuitable to use for high end reproduction. |
| Purpose of use |
Illustration of a point within the article, specifically the character's adaptation to various media, and as examples of the actors to portray the character. |
| Replaceable? |
No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained. |
| Other information |
All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © DC Comics, © 1948, 1952–1958, 1978, 1988-1992, 1993–1997, 2001–2010, 2006, and 2016 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Superman in film//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Superman_actors.jpgtrue | |
Licensing
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The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion.
It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate:
- the person(s), product, event, or subject in question;
- where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it;
- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation;
qualifies as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. Any other usage of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Publicity photos.
Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license.
Please note that our policy usually considers fair use images of living people that merely show what they look like to be replaceable by free-licensed images and unsuitable for the project. If this is not the case for this image, a rationale must be provided proving that the image provides information beyond simple identification or showing that this image is difficult to replace by a free-licensed equivalent. Commercial third-party reusers of this image should consider whether their use is in violation of the subject's publicity rights.
File history
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| current | 00:07, 14 August 2025 | | 245 × 407 (110 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 02:47, 13 August 2025 | No thumbnail | 1,080 × 1,795 (563 KB) | Tr114 (talk | contribs) | Added actors Johnny Rockwell from the The Adventures of Superboy, Bob Holiday from It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman, and Ron Ely from an episode of the Superboy tv series | |
| 00:04, 8 May 2024 | No thumbnail | 316 × 316 (107 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 03:56, 7 May 2024 | No thumbnail | 2,048 × 2,048 (521 KB) | Tr114 (talk | contribs) | Pictures of the actors who have portrayed Superman. Images are (upper left to lower right): Screen capture from Superman (1948). Featuring Kirk Alyn. Promotional image released for the television show Adventures of Superman (1952–1958). Featuring George Reeves as Superman. Promotional image released for the film Superman (1978). Featuring Christopher Reeve as Superman. Promotional image released for the television show Superboy (1988-1992). Featuring John Haymes Newton as Sup... | |
| 00:02, 6 March 2022 | No thumbnail | 450 × 221 (104 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 09:37, 5 March 2022 | No thumbnail | 3,000 × 1,478 (908 KB) | Tr114 (talk | contribs) | Updated with higher quality images, a color photo of George Reeves, Tom Welling actively changing into Superman, and Tyler Hoechlin in his most recent outfit. (File Upload Wizard) | |
| 02:47, 22 May 2019 | No thumbnail | 499 × 200 (26 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 21:45, 20 April 2019 | No thumbnail | 641 × 257 (75 KB) | NeoBatfreak (talk | contribs) | ||
| 21:07, 20 April 2019 | No thumbnail | 643 × 257 (79 KB) | NeoBatfreak (talk | contribs) | ||
| 20:30, 20 April 2019 | No thumbnail | 514 × 259 (62 KB) | NeoBatfreak (talk | contribs) |
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