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[edit] Rationale for album article

Non-free / fair use media rationale – non-free album cover –for Boy (album)
Description

This is the CD front cover for the studio album Boy by the artist U2. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Island Records, or the graphic artist, Bruno-Christian Tilley.
Source

The cover art can or could be obtained from Island Records
Article

Boy (album)
Portion used

The entire cover: because the image is cover art, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image.
Low resolution?

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.
Purpose of use

Main infobox. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone.The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for.Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the artist's providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public.
Replaceable?

As musical cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the music would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary.
Other information Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

[edit] Rationale for song articles

In addition to the statements made in the rationale above, this image qualifies for fair use in the articles for the album songs (Twilight (U2 song), An Cat Dubh/Into the Heart, The Ocean (U2 song), and The Electric Co.) because:

  1. The image identifies the cover of the album on which the above songs are featured.
  2. The image makes a significant contribution to the article.
  3. The image will be featured in the articles' infoboxes to show the primary image associated with the articles.
  4. No other officially released cover artwork, such as that of a single, can be associated with the article.

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted 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

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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current21:05, 4 December 2007300×300 (19 KB)Dream out loud (Talk | contribs) (reduced quality for smaller file size)

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