File:The Residents - Metal, Meat & Bone.jpg

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Summary[edit]

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description
Description

Front cover of Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs of Dyin' Dog by The Residents.

Source

Amazon

Article

Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs of Dyin' Dog

Portion used

Entire front cover.

Low resolution?
Purpose of use

To illustrate the article in which it appears. Reproductions of album covers are believed to be acceptable fair use media on Wikipedia.

Replaceable?

Impossible. The image is unique to the audio recording in question.

Other information
  • Album covers are widely used to illustrate articles on their respective recordings in both print and virtual media.
  • The cover has been widely reproduced in many other media, including mainstream music magazines, books, and websites.
  • The existence of this cover reproduction does not subtract from the marketability of the original work in any way.
  • The resolution of the picture is small enough to prevent the use of the image on illicit copies of the work, i.e. illegal CD-R copies of the album.
  • It is believed that the copyright owner, The Cryptic Corporation, is not against the use of this image on Wikipedia. If in the likelihood that they are indeed against this image's presence on Wikipedia, it should be removed immediately.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs of Dyin' Dog//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Residents_-_Metal,_Meat_%26_Bone.jpgtrue
Author or
copyright owner
The Residents
Source (WP:NFCC#4) Amazon
Date of publication 2020
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs of Dyin' Dog
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
Any derivative work based upon the cover art would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) Album cover
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Metal, Meat & Bone: The Songs of Dyin' Dog//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Residents_-_Metal,_Meat_%26_Bone.jpgtrue

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current00:06, 23 October 2022Thumbnail for version as of 00:06, 23 October 2022316 × 316 (64 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
22:02, 21 October 2022No thumbnail400 × 400 (25 KB)RockabillyRaccoon (talk | contribs)Uploading a piece of non-free cover art using File Upload Wizard
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