File:Tombrown atoxford cover.jpg

Summary[edit]

This is a low-resolution scanned image of the cover of the 1885 hardcover edition of Tom Brown at Oxford by Thomas Hughes, illustrated by Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922), and published by Macmillan and Company, New York. Since the illustrator did not die over 100 years ago, the image may still be subject to copyright. Sanjay Tiwari 14:58, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Fair Use Rationale[edit]

Although this image, Tombrown_atoxford_cover.jpg, may be subject to copyright, I (Sanjay Tiwari 14:58, 24 September 2006 (UTC)) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. it is a low resolution copy of a book cover;
2. the author of the book, Thomas Hughes (1822-1896), died over 100 years ago
3. the book is out of print
4. it does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the cover art in any way;
5. copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the cover artwork;
6. the image on the cover is significant because it could have been made by a famous artist, Sydney Prior Hall (1842-1922), who was the illustrator of the book

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 to illustrate an article discussing the book 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 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 //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tombrown_atoxford_cover.jpg true