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Small Text== Summary == U2 performs at Live Aid (1985). Screenshot from Live Aid DVD release.

[edit] Rationale of fair use for U2

The screenshot is being used for informational purposes only.
The image is a screenshot from a promotional video release, intended for wide distribution.
No other free or public domain images have been located for this particular event.
The screenshot is of lower resolution and quality than the original video. Consequently, copies made from this screenshot will be of inferior quality.
The screenshot is intended to illustrate this particular performance. Its inclusion in the article is significant, because it expands on a subject that could not be fully grasped without a picture.
The screenshot represents an important point of the artist's carreer.

[edit] 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 owned by the producers of the video and possibly also by the music artist. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on the music video in question
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:Fair use.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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(del) (cur) 02:33, 14 October 2006 . . Kristbg (Talk | contribs) . . 720×556 (241,580 bytes) (U2 performs at Live Aid (1985). Screenshot from Live Aisd DVD release.)