Summary

This is an image featuring the main characters of the anime series Battle Programmer Shirase, as well as the show's logo.

Source

The image is taken from http://www.aicanime.com/products/bps/images/bpsnewslog.jpg which is used on AIC's English website for the show [1]. As indicated in the image itself, the copyright holder is GANSIS, AIC, and the "BPS Production Committee", copyright 2003.

Fair use for Battle Programmer Shirase

This image is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I ( Ned Scott) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

• no free alternative exists;
• it is a low resolution image;
• it does not limit the copyright owners rights to sell the film in any way;
• it helps to identify the show itself, as well as individual characters, the show's logo, and the anime's artwork in a way that text cannot;

Licensing

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, television or audio-visual presentation, representing either a production logo, title card, or station ID or related logo/title graphic. The copyright for it is most likely owned by the entity which produced or distributed the media. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots for critical commentary and discussion of the film, television or media presentation and its contents, or for identification of and critical commentary on the specific logo or title graphic concerned, 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. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Battle_Programmer_Shirase.jpg true

This image is an illustration of a character or characters in a comic book, video game, or animated television program or film. The copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher/producer and/or artist(s) producing the work in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of character artwork: for commentary on the character or characters 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 United States copyright law. 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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