Summary

Screenshot for the PV of Hitomi's third single, "Aozora no NAMIDA."

Fair use rationale for Aozora no Namida

1. no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information;
2. the image is used to illustrate the topic at hand;
3. the image in no way hurts Sony Music Japan's ability to distribute the single;
4. the image is of fairly low quality

Licensing

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted music video or promotional video for a music artist, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the producers of the video and possibly also by the music artist. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information, 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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