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Screenshot of film: The Brotherhood of the Bell.

Source: http://einsiders.com/reviews/videorisks/brotherhoodofthebell.php

Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the film (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the film company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.

Although this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

• This image is being used to illustrate the article of the movie in question and is used for informational purposes only.
• This image is of low resolution of film screenshot.
• Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the image.
• It is believed that this image will not devalue the ability of the copyright holder to profit from the original work, in fact, it may encourage sales.
• The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
• Image is needed for educational purposes only in relation to the subject it is discussing and to identify the film in cinematic history.
• Image used for comment, reporting, and teaching qualifies as Fair Use.
• The image is significant because it was used to promoted a notable television film.

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for critical commentary and discussion of the film 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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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