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[edit] Fair use rationale for Metallica (album)

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Metallica (album)
Description	The cover of the album "Metallica", by the Metallica.
Source	http://www.eccociqua.it/cover/covers/m/Metallica_Black_Album-front.jpg
Article	Metallica (album)
Portion used	Image of the front cover of the audio recording. Portion reproduced is a small chunk of the entire copyrighted recording, which includes other cover art and the singles themself. The use here of the front cover image does not preclude the copyright holder from profiting on or marketing the album.
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	For informational purposes - to illustrate the article Metallica (album), which describes the album.
Replaceable?	No. Album cover is copyrighted, thus non-free alternatives cannot be produced.

[edit] Licensing

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

solely to illustrate the audio recording in question,
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.

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.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:46, 20 December 2007	300×300 (4 KB)	Kaiba (Talk \| contribs)	(better resolution)
	20:21, 13 August 2007	300×300 (7 KB)	Moe Epsilon (Talk \| contribs)	(lower resolution for fair use qualification)
	20:16, 13 August 2007	500×500 (19 KB)	Moe Epsilon (Talk \| contribs)	(real cover)