File:Smooth criminal video.jpg

Summary[edit]

Screenshot from music video "Smooth Criminal" by Michael Jackson. Shows use of anti-gravity leaning patent. Copyright Epic Records. Used under Fair Use rationale.

Rationale of fair use for Smooth Criminal[edit]

1. The image is a screenshot from a promotional music video originally created by Michael Jackson for Epic Records, and intended for wide distribution.
2. The screenshot is of lower resolution and quality than the original video (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
3. No free or public domain images have been located for this single.
4. The screenshot does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the single or music video in any way.
5. The screenshot is intended to represent the nature of the single.
6. The screenshot is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the original single or music video in any way.

Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted music video or promotional video for a music artist, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the producers of the video and possibly also by the music artist. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information, 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.

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for music video screenshots. Do not use it for other purposes. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template. Fair use true