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

1. It illustrates an educational article about the comic-strip character
2. The image is used as the only means of visual identification of the character
3. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original comic strip or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic strip .
4. It is a low-resolution image.
5. The image is less than a single comic-strip panel from decades of daily and Sunday comic strips, and an infinitesimal portion of the commercial product.
6. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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

1. It illustrates an educational articles about the creators of Steve Canyon
2. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
3. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original comic strip or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic strip .
4. It is a low-resolution image.
5. The image is less than a single comic-strip panel from decades of daily and Sunday comic strips, and an infinitesimal portion of the commercial product.
6. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

• 2008-01-27T19:29:58Z Hiding (Talk | contribs) (1702 bytes) (rem disputed fair use template, fair use rationale was added)
• 2007-09-13T05:44:28Z Tenebrae (Talk | contribs) (1782 bytes) (/* Fair use in [[Milton Caniff] */ typo)
• 2007-09-13T05:44:10Z Tenebrae (Talk | contribs) (1781 bytes) (/* Summary */ fair-use rationale)
• 2007-09-13T05:30:51Z BetacommandBot (Talk | contribs) (137 bytes) (tagging as bad rationale per [[WP:NONFREE]])
• 2007-04-30T20:12:09Z Cydebot (Talk | contribs) (57 bytes) (Robot - Renaming non-free template "Comicpanel" per [[Wikipedia:Non-free content/templates]].)
• 2007-01-25T00:51:52Z Jamesaxler (Talk | contribs) (Fair use)
• 2007-01-25T00:51:52Z Jamesaxler (Talk | contribs) (576x1594) (364536 bytes)