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[edit] Fair use rationales

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Louise Simonson
Description

This is a scan of the cover to X-Factor #6, art by Jackson Guice, copyright Marvel Comics

Source

Scan

Article

Louise Simonson

Portion used

Cover

Low resolution?

Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction

Purpose of use

Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article, a subject of public interest.

Replaceable?

Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.

Other information

Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product;
  2. 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 comic book;
  3. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;

Cover to X-Factor #6, July, 1986. Art by Jackson Guice. © Marvel Comics.

[edit] Fair use rationale for X-Factor (comics)

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

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover.
  2. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  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 comic book.
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject.
  5. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Apocalypse (comics)

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

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover.
  2. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  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 comic book.
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject.
  5. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Louise Simonson

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

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover.
  2. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  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 comic book.
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject.
  5. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

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