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[edit] Summary

Cover of the manga Genshiken, volume 1. Published by Del Rey Manga. The video game being played in the background is Waku Waku 7.

[edit] Fair use

[edit] Fair use in Genshiken

  • It is needed to identify the Genshiken manga. Being the first volume, it is the most notable and recognizable of the series.
  • A free use image of Genshiken would likely be impossible to obtain.

[edit] Fair Use in List of Genshiken chapters

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because it:

  • Is a low quality image
  • Is the cover of a comic book
  • Does not infringe on the owner's ability to make a profit
  • Cannot conceivably be replaced by a free alternative.

[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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current15:34, 11 November 2007300×450 (81 KB)Julian Grybowski (Talk | contribs) (== Summary == This is the cover for the English language edition of ''Genshiken'' volume 1 by Shimoku Kio, released by Del Rey Manga. This is from the publisher's website and and can be obtained from [http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/ma)

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