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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Frank Lovece
Description

Cover, "Atomic Age" #1, Marvel/Epic, Nov. 1990, cover art by Mike Okamoto & Kevin Nowlan
Source

http://franklovece.com/comics.html
Article

Frank Lovece
Portion used

Full cover
Low resolution?

yes
Purpose of use

To illustrate the only original, creator-owned comic-book character created by the article subject
Replaceable?

No free alternative available
Other information

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. It illustrates an educational article about the comic-book creator.
  2. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The image is from the historically significant first issue.
  4. The image provides a clear and unambiguous image of the article-subject's original character
  5. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book.
  6. It is a low-resolution image.
  7. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  8. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

[edit] Summary

"Atomic Age" #1, Marvel/Epic, Nov. 1990, cover art by Mike Okamoto & Kevin Nowlan Source: http://franklovece.com/comics.html

[edit] Licensing

Copyrighted This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • 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.

To the uploader: please add a fair use rationale as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

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Orientation Normal
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Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS Windows
File change date and time 21:33, 20 January 2005
Color space 65535