File:HeathLedgerbiography.jpg
HeathLedgerbiography.jpg (240 × 240 pixels, file size: 11 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
| Description |
This is the front cover art for the book Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death written by John McShane. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher, John Blake Publishing Ltd, or the cover artist, Copyright © REX features. |
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| Source |
It is believed that the cover art can or could be obtained from John Blake Publishing Ltd. |
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| 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 |
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 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. Using a different image in the infobox would be misleading as to the identity of the work. |
| 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 Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:HeathLedgerbiography.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. |
==Fair Use rationale==
- Book cover being used solely as an illustration of the article on the book: Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death, written by John McShane and published by John Blake Publishing Ltd in April 2008; http://www.blake.co.uk.
- Source of book cover promotional photograph: Amazon.com; also accessible via Amazon.co.uk. (See copyright information below.)
- Copyright information located via "Search Inside" feature at Amazon.co.uk at the following URL: Copyright page. An excerpt from the "Prologue" of the book and some of the text of its back cover are also featured on that site, via links: Heath Ledger: His Beautiful Life and Mysterious Death product page at Amazon.co.uk.
- Identity of the photographer of the cover photograph is not yet accessible. If/when known, it may be added. The cover photograph is listed on the back page of the book as "Copyright © REX features".
- That book cover photograph (as cropped on the book cover featuring it) appears to be derived from the following cropped photograph posted on rexfeatures.com, which would appear to derive from a still of the film Brokeback Mountain: namely, http://www.rexfeatures.com/images/thumb/550196v.jpg. Given that provenance, it would appear that the book cover photograph is actually from the film photography or promotional film stills and that its copyright is owned by the film production company at least in part if not in whole. That photograph (or its original version) has been widely circulated as promotional material for the film on the internet and audio-visual news and entertainment media. The cinematographer for the film is Rodrigo Prieto. Production stills such as this book cover appear to come from the film itself.
- Book design is cited on the copyright page as http://www.envydesign.co.uk.
- Fair use is claimed in use in the article about the book in Wikipedia: there is no competition with the film or the book, and its use in the article about the book is purely illustrative of an encyclopedia article about the book.
- There is no claim to or competition with any properties owned by Focus Features, Universal Pictures, or Paramount Pictures.
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