Summary

Fair use and reason why this cannot be replaced by free media

Kesuke Miyagi

Pat Morita, the actor representing Kesuke Miyagi in the Karate Kid TV franchise died in 2005, making the act of obtaining free media on Miyagi character impossible. The promotional still from the original Karate Kid movie is being used to present Mr. Miyagi.

1. The image illustrates the text and the subject for which it appears. It describes the character played by the person being promoted
2. It is a low-resolution image of the original, which was first printed in a magazine/game program in a larger format.
3. Using this image does not limit the copyright holder's use in any reasonable way.
4. The image has already been placed on the web. Thus, its use on Wikipedia does not make it any more accessible than it was before.
5. The image is being used exclusively for informative purposes to present the character Miyagi.
6. No free images of Mr. Miyagi currently exist because Pat Morita, the actor who represented him, is deceased.

Creator/Source

John G. Avildsen in alliance with Columbia Pictures Corporation

Licensing

This image is a screenshot from a copyrighted film, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the studio which produced the film, and possibly also by any actors appearing in the screenshot. It is believed that the use of a limited number of low-resolution screenshots for critical commentary and discussion of the film and its contents 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.

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 Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This is only for images which are screenshots from films. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template. Fair use true

This is a copyrighted image that has been released by a company or organization to promote their work or product in the media, such as advertising material or a promotional photo in a press kit. The copyright for it is most likely owned by the company who created the promotional item or the artist who produced the item in question; you must provide evidence of such ownership. Lack of such evidence is grounds for deletion. It is believed that the use of some images of promotional material to illustrate: the person(s), product, event, or subject in question; where the image is unrepeatable, i.e. a free image could not be created to replace it; on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation; qualifies as fair use under Copyright law of the United States. Any other usage of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Publicity photos. Additionally, the copyright holder may have granted permission for use in works such as Wikipedia. However, if they have, this permission likely does not fall under a free license. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pat-Morita_(Karate_Kid).jpg true