Image:J. Geils Band - Freeze Frame.jpg

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[edit] Summary

Non-free / fair use media rationale – non-free album cover –for Freeze Frame (J. Geils Band album)
Description

This is the front cover for Freeze Frame by the artist J. Geils Band. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Capitol, or the graphic artist.
Source

The cover art can or could be obtained from Capitol
Article

Freeze Frame (J. Geils Band album)
Portion used

The entire cover: because the image is cover art, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image.
Low resolution?

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.
Purpose of use

Main infobox. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone.The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for.Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the artist's providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public.
Replaceable?

As musical cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the music would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary.
Other information Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

[edit] Licensing:

Copyrighted This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers

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 for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For an example fair use rationale, see here.
Copyrighted This work is copyrighted and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content#Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content#Audio clips. However, it is believed that the use of this work in the article "Piss on the Wall" :
  • To illustrate the subject in question
  • Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
  • On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation ([1]),

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:Copyrights.

To the uploader: this tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. You must also include the source of the work, all available copyright information, and a detailed non-free use rationale.

[edit] Rationale of fair use for Piss on the Wall

  1. The image is a scan of the cover art for the single Piss on the Wall by The J. Geils Band and intended for wide distribution.
  2. The image is of lower resolution than the original art (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
  3. No free or public domain images have been located for this album.
  4. The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the album in any way.
  5. The image is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the original album in any way.

File history

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Date/TimeDimensionsUserComment
current16:25, 24 May 2008300×300 (95 KB)Zeagler (Talk | contribs)
05:09, 6 December 2004200×196 (12 KB)DCEdwards1966 (Talk | contribs) (Cover for album ''Freeze Frame'' by J. Geils Band. {{albumcover}})

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Orientation Normal
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Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 08:11, 19 May 2008
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