File:Dirty Diamonds (Alice Cooper album) cover art.jpg
Dirty_Diamonds_(Alice_Cooper_album)_cover_art.jpg (328 × 300 pixels, file size: 101 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
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- CD cover art for the album Dirty Diamonds by Alice Cooper
- Copyright held by New West Records/RED/Sony BMG (US)
| Description |
CD cover art for Dirty Diamonds by Alice Cooper |
|---|---|
| Source |
digital capture |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
cover |
| Low resolution? |
yes |
| Purpose of use |
to identify album in article only |
| Replaceable? |
no |
| Other information |
no |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Dirty Diamonds//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dirty_Diamonds_(Alice_Cooper_album)_cover_art.jpgtrue | |
Fair use rationale for Dirty Diamonds[edit]
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| Description |
Cover for the album Dirty Diamonds by Alice Cooper. |
|---|---|
| Source |
Derived from a scan of the album cover (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the record company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless. |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
Entire front cover, but does not include back or insides of original artwork |
| Low resolution? |
Is only as much resolution as necessary to identify and show the style of artwork used for the article, not enough to be used for piracy. |
| Purpose of use |
Illustrates the appearance of the album and identifies it by recognized features. |
| Replaceable? |
No free equivalent can equal this image (any would be a derivative of this artwork) |
| Other information |
Image in this form is already widely distributed to identify the album as part of catalogs and reviews, so we degrade no market value by providing it ourselves. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Dirty Diamonds//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dirty_Diamonds_(Alice_Cooper_album)_cover_art.jpgtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
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 | 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 work 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 the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. |
Fair use in article Dirty Diamonds[edit]
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Although this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the United States fair use laws because:
- It's a low resolution copy of the original CD's cover.
- Use of the image doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the album in any way, but in fact may encourage sales.
- Because of its low resolution copies of it could not be used to make any illegal copies of the image.
- Its sole use is to identify the CD in question within the article.
- The image is significant because it was, and is, used to promoted the CD.
Image Source[edit]
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- The image was derived from digital capture (photo/scan) of the CD's cover art. The creator of this digital version is irrelevant as copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party. Copyright is held by the record label, New West Records/RED[disambiguation needed]/Sony BMG (US). Claimed as fair use regardless.
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