Template:Non-free comic
This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
- the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
- the issue of the comic book in question;
- the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
- or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
- the scene or storyline depicted, or
- the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
- where no free alternative exists or can be created,
- on this independent wiki, subject to its image-use policy and applicable law,
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on this wiki or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Non-free content and WikiProject Comics/copyright 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 Use rationale examples.
- This template is only for use with images of comics.
- Template:Comic cover rationale may be helpful for stating the rationale.
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When this template is applied without a parameter,
{{Non-free comic}} ,
the page is automatically sorted into Category:Non-free comics images which has several subcategories though, regarding specific publishers or series. To sort a file into a subcategory without populating the top category "Non-free comic images", use the template with a parameter, e.g.
{{Non-free comic | Eclipse Comics images}} .