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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Joker (comics)
Description	Artwork for the cover of Batman: The Man Who Laughs (2005). Art by Doug Mahnke.
Source	Apparent file taken from DC Comics official website. Original file would have been placed on DC's site for promotional purposes.
Article	Joker (comics)
Portion used	Full artwork for the front cover.
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 © 2005 DC Comics, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

[edit] Licensing

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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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