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<span style="float:left;margin-top:5px;margin-right:5px;">[[File:SpeechBalloon.png|50px]]</span>This is an image from a '''comic strip or the interior of an [[wikipedia:American comic book|American comic book]]''' and the '''copyright''' for it is most likely owned either by the '''publisher of the comic strip''' or the '''artist and/or writer who created the comic strip'''. It is believed that the use of this image;
<span style="float:left;margin-top:5px;margin-right:5px;">[[file:SpeechBalloon.png|50px]]</span>This is an image from a '''comic strip or the interior of an [[wikipedia:American comic book|American comic book]]''' and the '''copyright''' for it is most likely owned either by the '''publisher of the comic strip''' or the '''artist and/or writer who created the comic strip'''. It is believed that the use of this image;
*'''to illustrate an article discussing the comic strip in question'''
*'''to illustrate an article discussing the comic strip in question'''
::'''and / or'''
::'''and / or'''

Revision as of 01:17, 5 April 2011

SpeechBalloon.pngThis is an image from a comic strip or the interior of an American comic book and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the publisher of the comic strip or the artist and/or writer who created the comic strip. It is believed that the use of this image;

  • to illustrate an article discussing the comic strip in question
and / or
  • to illustrate a character/object/species/or other element from the comic strip in question
  • on the TARDIS Doctor Who wiki, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikia, Inc,

qualifies as fair dealing under the laws of the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia, and as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.


To the uploader: please add the source of the work and copyright information. If you are trying to apply licensing information to cover imagery, please use either comicbookcover or idwcover, as appropriate.