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Description: Low-resolution reproduction of cover of hardboiled magazine Black Mask, September 1929, featuring part 1 of The Maltese Falcon, by hardboiled pioneer Dashiell Hammett
Copyright holder: Popular Publications Inc. (or asignee)
Artist: Henry C. Murphy, Jr.
Source: Collection of author Robert Weinberg

[edit] Fair use in Hardboiled

Though subject to copyright, the image linked here is claimed to be used under fair use as:

1. it is the cover of a single edition of a long-running, now long-defunct magazine, featuring a historically significant story by a historically significant author;
2. it is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of very inferior quality);
3. its use does not infringe on the ability of the copyright holder to sell or promote the magazine or image in any way;
4. it is being used only for informational purposes; and
5. its inclusion in hardboiled adds significantly to the article because it illustrates one of the most famous and seminal examples of the hardboiled detective, Sam Spade, in the inititation of his most famous hardboiled tale, The Maltese Falcon, in the definitive hardboiled magazine, Black Mask, as discussed in the accompanying text.

[edit] Licensing

This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of magazine covers to illustrate the publication of the issue of the magazine in question with the publication name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above, 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 for more information. To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use as well as the source of the work and copyright information. Note: If the image depicts a person or persons on the cover, it is not acceptable to use the image in the article of the person or persons depicted on the cover, unless used to directly illustrate a point about the publication of the image. Use of the image merely to depict a person or persons in the image will be removed.

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