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An interior Weird Tales illustration sketched by Jayem Wilcox in 1932. The illustration depicts a scene from Robert E. Howard's The Phoenix on the Sword.

[edit] Fair Use Rationale for The Phoenix on the Sword

  • The image is a popular depiction of the subject matter in question.
  • The image is used here for encyclopedic purposes and in no way limits the ability of the artist(s) to market their product.
  • The image is presented as a low resolution copy of the original.
  • The image was released to the media via the internet to promote the original product in which it appeared.
  • No free alternative can exist given that Conan, Hyboria and Weird Tales are trademarked and thus protected.

[edit] Fair Use Rationale for Conan the Barbarian

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Conan the Barbarian
Description

An original interior illustration from the very first published Conan story. Hence the very first illustration of Conan himself.
Source

Weird Tales, December 1932
Article

Conan the Barbarian
Portion used

One full-page illustration
Low resolution?

Yes
Purpose of use

To illustrate the original image of Conan and the first published Conan story
Replaceable?

The illustration itself is important as the first visualisation of Conan. As such, no other image could be used in its place.
Other information The current copyright status of this specific illustration is not known at present. The copyright of the illustration has possibly lapsed, moving this illustration into the public domain, but this has not been confirmed.

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the issue of the comic book in question;
    • the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
    • the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
  • or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the scene or storyline depicted, or
    • the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
  • where no free alternative exists or can be created,
  • 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:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

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current13:20, 8 December 2006363×393 (103 KB)Flask (Talk | contribs) (An interior ''Weird Tales'' illustration sketched by, assumably, Margaret Brundage in 1932. The illustration depicts a scene from Robert E. Howard's ''The Phoenix on the Sword. )

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