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Cover of Dungeon Masters Guide, covered under "fair use," original from "The Acaeum" (http://www.acaeum.com/), used with permission.

The cover, a painting by David C. Sutherland III, of the 4th printing of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide shows an efrit grasping a damsel while engaged in combat with a fighter and a magic-user. Scenarios such as this one were common for the game during the era when the manual was released.

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[edit] Summary

Description	Book cover, Dungeon Masters Guide by Gary Gygax (TSR, Inc., 1979)
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Author	Original cover artwork by David C. Sutherland III
Permission	Fair use of copyrighted material (book cover)

[edit] Licensing

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[edit] Fair use Reasons for Specific Aticles

[edit] Fair use for Dungeon Master's Guide

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[edit] Fair use for Editions of Dungeons & Dragons

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it is a low resolution copy of a book cover;
the article named above concerns the publication in question;
the inclusion of the image in the named article makes a significant contribution to the article because it:
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2. illustrates a relevant point in the text of the article;
no free version of the image is available that would serve the equivalent purpose;
the inclusion of the image in the named article does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the original publication in any way;
the image cannot be used to replace the original market role of the publication in question.

[edit] Fair use for Dungeons & Dragons

The use of this image in the article named / linked above is claimed as Fair use of copyrighted material because:

it is a low resolution copy of a book cover;
the article named above concerns the publication in question;
the inclusion of the image in the named article makes a significant contribution to the article because it:
1. identifies a specific edition of the publication in question;
2. illustrates a relevant point in the text of the article;
no free version of the image is available that would serve the equivalent purpose;
the inclusion of the image in the named article does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the original publication in any way;
the image cannot be used to replace the original market role of the publication in question.

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(del) (cur) 02:59, 3 March 2004 . . Frecklefoot (Talk | contribs) . . 425×585 (61,882 bytes) (Cover of Dungeon Masters Guide, covered under "fair use," original from "The Acaeum" (http://www.acaeum.com/), used with permission)