Summary
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Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because:
- The image is non-free promotional, for an image freely provided to promote an item, as in a promotional photo in a press packet, in this case through the official VenueGen website, http://www.venuegen.com/?q=press_images
- The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic, VenueGen 3D virtual meetings.
- It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
- The logo is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the logo, as the press image appears to be a screenshot of a virtual meeting.
- It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
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.
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| current | 00:07, 15 October 2017 | | 430 × 232 (19 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
| 17:42, 22 October 2010 | No thumbnail | 556 × 300 (21 KB) | Laurentasker (talk | contribs) | === Fair use in VenueGen === Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws, and the stricter requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policies, because: # The image is non-free promotional, for an |
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