File:1931RyderCupCover.jpg
1931RyderCupCover.jpg (235 × 308 pixels, file size: 11 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
Program cover for the 1931 Ryder Cup held at the Scioto Country Club.
Found online at [1] (direct image URL [2]
![[2]](http://www.sciotocc.com/_filelib/ImageGallery/_R/G/_54G/Club%20History/1931Ryder%20Cup%20cover.jpg){kind=link}
This was originally published in 1931; if published without a copyright notice, or the copyright was not actively renewed with the U.S. copyright office in 1959 (quite likely), then copyright would have expired and it would be in the public domain. This is difficult to ascertain though.
Fair use rationale[edit]
| Description |
This is the front cover art for the book 1931 Ryder Cup. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher or the cover artist. |
|---|---|
| Source |
Direct image URL [3]. |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
The entire front cover. Because the image is a book cover, 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 book 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 |
Other. 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 used to identify the 1931 Ryder Cup golf tournament, a subject of public interest. The significance of the logo is to help the reader identify the event, assure the reader they have reached the right article about the event, and illustrate the tournament's intended branding message in a way that words alone could not convey. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original work, namely the book cover creator's ability to provide book cover design services and in turn marketing books to the public. |
| Replaceable? |
As a book cover, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the book 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 book cover in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of 1931 Ryder Cup//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1931RyderCupCover.jpgtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
 | This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers
qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. |
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| current | 19:40, 12 February 2009 | | 235 × 308 (11 KB) | Pais (talk | contribs) | low resolution |
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