File:Bremenskie muzykanty.jpg

from a 1969 animated film

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Fair use true

While the copyright to the films and its screenshot belongs to Soyuzmultfilm I believe that using the screenshot to illustrate article The Bremen Town Musicians constitutes fair use as described by the us law:

• It is a single screenshot from an animation movie
• The resolution of the image is very low, all the copies made out of it will be of very low quality
• The animation is very old and until 1991 was considered public doamin outside be United States
• Distribution of the screenshot does not negatively interfere with the copyright holder selling copies of the movie
• The screenshot is used for the information purposes only
• Inclusion of the screenshot greatly improves the critical review of the movie in the article as it shows the stylistic of the movie

Alex Bakharev 03:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

While the copyright to the films and its screenshot belongs to Soyuzmultfilm I believe that using the screenshot to illustrate article Souyzmultfilm constitutes fair use as described by the us law:

• It is a single screenshot from an animation movie
• The resolution of the image is very low, all the copies made out of it will be of very low quality
• The animation is very old and until 1991 was considered public doamin outside be United States
• Distribution of the screenshot does not negatively interfere with the copyright holder selling copies of the movie
• The screenshot is used for the information purposes only
• Inclusion of the screenshot greatly improves the article as it shows style of one of the most prominent and characteristic animation its produces

Alex Bakharev 03:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

While the copyright to the films and its screenshot belongs to Soyuzmultfilm I believe that using the screenshot to illustrate article Town Musicians of Bremen constitutes fair use as described by the us law:

• It is a single screenshot from an animation movie
• The resolution of the image is very low, all the copies made out of it will be of very low quality
• The animation is very old and until 1991 was considered public doamin outside be United States
• Distribution of the screenshot does not negatively interfere with the copyright holder selling copies of the movie
• The screenshot is used for the information purposes only
• Inclusion of the screenshot improves the article as it shows how the tale is seen in the modern Russian culture

Alex Bakharev 03:32, 6 September 2007 (UTC)