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Cover of The Beatles album, Abbey Road.

The view really is Abbey Road, London, NW8 looking north. The gates of the Abbey Road Studios are behind the white VW Beetle on the left, which, according to some proponents of the "Paul Is Dead" conspiracy theory, was parked there intentionally as a rebus. Those subscribing to the "Paul is Dead" theory believed the procession on this cover was supposed to reflect a preacher (Lennon), an undertaker (Starr), a corpse (McCartney) and a gravedigger (Harrison).

There have been many homages to this iconic cover.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Abbey Road (album)

The image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:

It is a low-resolution copy of an album cover,
It illustrates an educational article about the recording from which the illustration was taken.
The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic
Its use here does not limit the copyright owner's ability to market the album in any way,
It is being used for informational purposes only, not for profit
The cover design is of the 1969 LP release of Abbey Road. This image of this packaging is of historical interest. Specific characteristics of the cover are described in the article, including the date and time the photograph was taken, the supposed meaning of the attire worn, and the many imitations and tributes the photograph has generated.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original.

[edit] 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,

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