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Source © Rolling Stone

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This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of magazine covers

to illustrate the publication of the issue of the magazine in question
with the publication name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above,

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 for more information.

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[edit] Fair use rationale for use in the article Rolling Stone

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

It is one of Rolling Stone's most famous and controversial covers, which is discussed in the article.
The image is only being used in the article about the magazine for informational and educational purposes.
The image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
The image is a low resolution image, in an inferior graphics format (JPEG).
The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
The use of this image will not affect the value of the original work.
The use of this image will not limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the magazine.