Image:Skyclad wayward.jpg

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[edit] Summary

Cover of The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth (1991), the debut album by folk metal band Skyclad.

[edit] Licensing

[edit] Fair use in Folk metal

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

  1. The image is only a small portion of the overall product and serves as an easily identifiable part of a larger entity.
  2. The copy of the image is low-resolution and will not produce high-quality copies of the art for illegal duplication. The quality is high enough to clearly present the image and to place the subject represented by the image in a good light.
  3. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to gain commercially from the work.
  4. It illustrates educational articles about the subject represented by the image.
  5. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article.
  6. It adds significantly to the article because it illustrates the first album representative of the genre as discussed in the accompanying text.

[edit] Fair use in The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth

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

  1. It illustrates educational articles about the album from which the cover illustration was taken.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies of the image could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
  4. It is a low resolution image.
  5. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  6. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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