File:Beverley Crusher.jpg

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Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted television program. As such, the copyright for it is most likely owned by the company or corporation that produced it. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification of and critical commentary on the television program and its contents 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, might be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beverley_Crusher.jpg true

Fair Use Rationale for Beverly Crusher[edit]

1. There exists no free alternative, nor can one be created. Beverly Crusher is a fictional character, all images of her are necessarily copyrighted.
2. This image respects commercial opportunities - a cropped screenshot cannot meaningfully compete with a 44 minute episode.
3. The image represents a minimal use - it is a cropped screenshot - less than a single frame from an episode that has over 50 000 frames. It is of a reasonable low resolution.
4. The image has been previously published, in the broadcasted, as well as sold on DVD Star Trek The Next Generation episode "Evolution"
5. The image is of a major character from a culturally significant series of television shows. It is encyclopedic.
6. The image generally meets the image use policy.
7. The image is used in at least one article, Beverly Crusher.
8. The image contributes strongly to the article. As a fictional character, the subject is more easily visualised.
9. The image is used only in the article namespace.