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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Brainiac (comics)
Description	Cover of Action Comics #242 (Jul, 1958). First appearance of Brainiac. Art by Curt Swan (pencils) and Stan Kaye (inks).
Source	http://www.comics.org/details.lasso?id=14460
Article	Brainiac (comics)
Portion used	Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?	300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.
Purpose of use	Illustration of a specific point within the article.
Replaceable?	No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Other information	All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks & Copyright © 1958 DC Comics, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

[edit] Licencing

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the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
- the issue of the comic book in question;
- the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
- the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
- the scene or storyline depicted, or
- the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
where no free alternative exists or can be created,
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. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.

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current	21:32, 25 March 2008	300×427 (244 KB)	SatyrTN (Talk \| contribs)	(== Fair use rationale == {{Non-free media rationale \| Article = Brainiac (comics) \| Description = Cover of ''Action Comics'' #242 (Jul, 1958). First appearance of Brainiac. Art by Curt Swan (pencils) and Stan Kaye (inks). \| Sou)