Image:OK Soda - can.jpg

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for OK Soda
Description	An image of an OK soda can.
Source	Photography
Article	OK Soda
Portion used	An image of front of can.
Low resolution?	Small size and nature of photography render this image unsuitable for high quality reproduction.
Purpose of use	Image is used for purposes of identifying the product in the above-named article, as well as demonstrating the involvement of well known independent artists with the commercial product.
Replaceable?	This image is used to illustrate the can design, which cannot be accurately done with any free media.
Other information	Although the object in the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because: It is a low resolution photo of the front of the can, only a small portion of the commercial product; The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original can or beverage Copies of this image could not be used to make replica cans The image is used to illustrate the can design and the appeal to independent artists, which is a subject discussed in the article.

OK Soda can designed by Charles Burns

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 "OK Soda" :

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.

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