Summary
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Copyright album cover. Fair use b/c: 1) low res 2) used to illustrate album article
Licensing
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- solely to illustrate the audio recording 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 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 rationale
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| Description |
Cover of Heaven and Hell (Joe Jackson album) . |
|---|---|
| Source |
Copied from Sony Classical website, and intellectual property owned by Sony Classical. |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
Album cover only. |
| Low resolution? |
Sufficient resolution for illustration, but considerably lower resolution than original. |
| Purpose of use |
Cover is used for purposes of illustration in the Heaven and Hell (Joe Jackson album) article, a subject of public interest. |
| Replaceable? |
Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Heaven and Hell (Joe Jackson album)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JoeJacksonHeavenAndHell.jpgtrue | |
Fair use in Heaven and Hell (Joe Jackson album)
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Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It's a low resolution copy of a CD/album cover.
- It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD/album in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
- Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
- The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
- The image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist.
Source
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- Derived from a digital capture (scan/photo) of the album/CD cover (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the record company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.
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