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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for James Gordon (comics)
Description	Artwork for the cover of Detective Comics #779 (Apr, 2003). Art by Tim Sale.
Source	Apparent file taken from DC Comics official website. Original file would have been placed on DC's site for promotional purposes.
Article	James Gordon (comics)
Portion used	Partial artwork for the front cover. Cropping for focus done by uploader User:J Greb.
Low resolution?	300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Purpose of use	For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Other information	All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks & Copyright © 2003 DC Comics, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

[edit] Licensing

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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