Whitesnake_(album).jpg (316 × 316 pixels, file size: 98 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
editDescription | This is the full resolution of the self-titled album cover by the artist Whitesnake. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Geffen/Warner Bros (USA/Canada), EMI (Worldwide), or the graphic artist(s), Hugh Syme. |
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Author or copyright owner |
Whitesnake, Geffen, EMI, Hugh Syme |
Source (WP:NFCC#4) | The album can be retrieved from the record label. |
Date of publication | 1987 |
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Whitesnake (album) |
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question. |
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Any derivative work based upon the cover art would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible. |
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | 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. |
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work. |
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Whitesnake (album)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Whitesnake_(album).jpgtrue |
Licensing
edit![]() | This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the work or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers
qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. | ||
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Fair use in Whitesnake (album)
editThough this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It's a low resolution copy of a CD/album cover.
- It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD/album in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
- Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
- The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
- The image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist.
Source
edit- Derived from a digital capture (scan/photo) of the album/CD cover (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the record company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.
File history
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current | 00:05, 26 April 2023 | ![]() | 316 × 316 (98 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) |
04:58, 25 April 2023 | No thumbnail | 4,000 × 4,000 (2.46 MB) | ExcitiveStan3680 (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 04:54, 25 April 2023 (UTC) | |
04:55, 25 April 2023 | No thumbnail | 300 × 300 (89 KB) | ExcitiveStan3680 (talk | contribs) | Reverted to version as of 16:02, 14 February 2017 (UTC) | |
04:54, 25 April 2023 | No thumbnail | 4,000 × 4,000 (2.46 MB) | ExcitiveStan3680 (talk | contribs) | ||
16:02, 14 February 2017 | No thumbnail | 300 × 300 (89 KB) | Two Hearted River (talk | contribs) | ||
19:18, 25 March 2009 | No thumbnail | 375 × 375 (17 KB) | Marcus Brute (talk | contribs) | Better quality, no black border |
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File usage
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