File:MonsterManual-1stEdAD&D-Cover.jpg
MonsterManual-1stEdAD&D-Cover.jpg (283 × 367 pixels, file size: 64 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
| Description |
This is the front cover art for the book Monster Manual. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher, Wizards of the Coast, or the cover artist. |
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| Source |
https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30787724184 |
| 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 |
Section. 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 at the beginning of a section discussing the work, 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 different image 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 Monster Manual//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MonsterManual-1stEdAD%26D-Cover.jpgtrue | |
Fair use for Monster Manual[edit]
The use of this image in the article named / linked above is claimed as Fair use of copyrighted material because:
- it is a low resolution copy of a book cover;
- the article named above concerns the publication in question;
- the inclusion of the image in the named article makes a significant contribution to the article because it:
- identifies the subject of the article;
- identifies the publication in question;
- no free version of the image is available that would serve the equivalent purpose;
- the inclusion of the image in the named article does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the original publication in any way;
- the image cannot be used to replace the original market role of the publication in question.
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. |
Original uploader information[edit]
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| current | 15:59, 28 November 2020 | | 283 × 367 (64 KB) | GrahamHardy (talk | contribs) | clearer image |
| 06:32, 29 September 2007 | No thumbnail | 229 × 300 (25 KB) | Melesse (talk | contribs) | fair use reduce |
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