File:Startingatthesun.jpg

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Summary[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free album cover true for Staring at the Sun (Level 42 album)
Description

This is the cover art for the album Staring at the Sun by the artist Level 42. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Polydor Records, or the graphic artist(s).

Source

The cover art can be obtained from Polydor Records.

Article

Staring at the Sun (Level 42 album)

Portion used

The entire cover: because the image is cover art, 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 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 artwork, namely the artist's providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public.

Replaceable?

As musical cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the music 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 cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under the copyright law of the United States as described above.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Staring at the Sun (Level 42 album)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Startingatthesun.jpgtrue

fair use in Staring at the Sun (album)[edit]

As per Wikipedia policies, this album cover is used in an identifying manner in (and only in) the article about the album itself. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers solely to illustrate the audio recording in question, on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law, and meets the current (As of August, 2007) Wikipedia criteria for non-free content. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.


Source[edit]

As an album cover, this image is available on a multitude of websites, including but not limited to [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7] and many, many others. The copyright holder of the image is mostly likely Polydor Records, or Level 42.

Licensing[edit]

File history

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current06:30, 16 December 2007Thumbnail for version as of 06:30, 16 December 2007300 × 300 (15 KB)Melesse (talk | contribs)fair use reduce
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