File:Bad Boys.jpg

Summary

Film poster for Bad Boys (1995) directed by Michael Bay.

Poster design by Dan Chapman

Rationale of fair use for Bad Boys (1995 film)

1. For an article about a film, the original poster is arguably one of the most important images that could be included.
2. The image is of lower resolution and quality than the original (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
3. The poster is to suggest something of the film's genre and style.
4. No free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information.
5. The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the film or DVDs in any way.
6. The image's inclusion in the article is important because it is the subject of and is discussed in the text.
7. The image is being used for informational purposes only.
8. The poster is used on various websites, and its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible than it already is.
9. The poster's use on Wikipedia is entirely encyclopedic in nature.

Licensing

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