File:Sadhu05 cvr(c).jpg

Summary edit

The photo was obtained from the Virgin Comics website where it is freely available for viewing. It is copyrighted by Virgin Comics. It was created by Jeevan Kang.

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Fair use rationale for The Sadhu edit

This image, Sadhu03 cvr(c).jpg, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I (Zuracech lordum 18:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. No free alternative can exist given the likeness of the character The Sadhu is a trademark and thus protected;
2. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover;
3. The image was released to the media to promote the issue in question, issue 5 of The Sadhu;
4. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the comic book in any way;
5. Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book cover art on another comic book;
6. It depicts the title character in the transformed version as the "Sadhu" that he will become, a conversion that has yet not happened but this cover provides evidence that it will thus supporting the statements in the plot summary.