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[edit] Fair use rationales

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Key (comics)
Description

Promotional cover art for Batman: Gotham Knights #5, by Brian Bolland.

Source

Digitally released by copyright holder, DC Comics, via http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=17571

Article

Key (comics)

Portion used

Cover

Low resolution?

Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction

Purpose of use

Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article, a subject of public interest.

Replaceable?

Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.

Other information

Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product;
  2. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book;
  3. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;
Promotional cover art for Batman: Gotham Knights #5, by Brian Bolland.[1]

File history

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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current20:26, 11 January 2008275×322 (128 KB)Hiding (Talk | contribs) (a lower version of the image uploaded by DrBat on 23:18, 27 September 2006 Promotional cover art for Batman: Gotham Knights #5, by Brian Bolland. http://comicartcommunity.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=17571)
20:20, 11 January 2008365×414 (58 KB)Hiding (Talk | contribs) (Reverted to lower resolution version as of 15:07, 15 August 2006)
23:18, 27 September 2006500×586 (299 KB)DrBat (Talk | contribs)
15:07, 15 August 2006365×414 (58 KB)Dfahmy (Talk | contribs) (The Key Source: JLA #8 - Imaginary Stories {{comicpanel}})
14:52, 15 August 2006424×485 (79 KB)Dfahmy (Talk | contribs) (The Key Source: JLA #8 - Imaginary Stories {{comicpanel}})

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