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1 Summary
2 Fair use for Hyborian Age and Conan the Barbarian
3 Note concerning Conan and Hyboria
4 Licensing

[edit] Summary

Map of Robert E. Howard's Hyboria by Christophe Fernandez (Chrysagon) [1] who has made it freely available. [2]

CONAN® and/or CONAN THE BARBARIAN® and related logos, characters, names, and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of Conan Properties International LLC. [3]

[edit] Fair use for Hyborian Age and Conan the Barbarian

This map has been made freely available by the artist. [4]
It is not rendered in the highest available resolution.
It is used here for purely encyclopedic purposes.
Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of the article.
The image is significant because it is based on drawings and writings by Robert E. Howard.

[edit] Note concerning Conan and Hyboria

In the United Kingdom and many other countries, the stories, elements and characters created by an author enter the public domain 70 years after their death. The creator of Conan and Hyboria, Robert E. Howard, died in 1936. His original stories, ideas, characters, and elements, including those featuring Conan the Barbarian and Hyboria, become part of the U.K. public domain as of January 1, 2007. No publisher may claim rights to his material. His stories and the characters portrayed within them, including Conan the Barbarian, are public property, free for any and all to use as they wish.

[edit] Licensing

This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket fair use categories listed at Wikipedia:Fair use#Images or Wikipedia:Fair use#Audio_clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the articles "Hyborian Age" and "Conan the Barbarian":

To illustrate the object in question;
Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information;
On the English-language Wikipedia ([5]), hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([6]),

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 and Wikipedia:Copyrights.

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) 21:06, 15 July 2006 . . C-w-l (Talk | contribs) . . 1024×768 (284,388 bytes) (== Summary == Map of Robert E. Howard's Hyboria. CONAN® and/or CONAN THE BARBARIAN® and related logos, characters, names, and distinctive likenesses thereof are trademarks of Conan Properties International LLC. [http://www.conan.co)
(del) (rev) 15:02, 15 July 2006 . . C-w-l (Talk | contribs) . . 1024×768 (284,388 bytes) (Map of Robert E. Howard's Hyboria. The originator of the map has declared that is made available on the Internet for free. [http://www.conan.com/invboard/index.php?showtopic=763] CONAN® and/or CONAN THE BARBARIAN® and related logo)