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| Description | Screenshot from the 2004 Simpsons episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife", depicting an animated Thomas Pynchon with a brown paper bag over his head to hide his face. |
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| Author or copyright owner |
20th Century Studios |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | The Simpsons episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife", via Wikisimpsons |
| Date of publication | 25 January 2004 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Thomas Pynchon |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | It illustrates the only image of a widely renowned author which that author had authorized for public release in several decades. (Specifically, Pynchon appears in the same animated form in two different Simpsons episodes.) As the article on Pynchon discusses his media aversion and specifically covers these cartoon appearances, including this screenshot adds to the article's scholarly usefulness. This image, which has been shrunken and compressed, does not materially affect the copyright holder's ability to profit from the original work.
This image is a PNG version of File:Pynchon-Simpsons-001.jpg; some of the file description has been adapted from the original file. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
The software or website from which the screenshot is taken is copyrighted and not released under a free license, so creation of a free image is not possible. |
| Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Pynchon is also depicted in several Simpsons episode, both this image and others are copyrighted, and are one of very few depictions of him to exist. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | Will only be used in a section on Pynchon's article. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The use of a low resolution screenshot from software or a website will not impact the commercial viability of the software or site. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Thomas Pynchon//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Thomas_Pynchon_Simpsons.pngtrue | |
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- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
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