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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Black Lightning
Description

Cover of Black Lightning vol. 2, #1 (Feb, 1995). Art by Eddie Newell.
Source

Apparent scan made by the original uploader User:Basique.
Article

Black Lightning
Portion used

Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?

242px 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 and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Other information All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks & Copyright © 1995 DC Comics, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

[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.

File history

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current02:47, 27 May 2006242×370 (49 KB)Basique (Talk | contribs) (DC Comics, artist Eddie Newell)

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Metadata

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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 100 dpi
Vertical resolution 100 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop 7.0
File change date and time 17:38, 17 March 2006
Color space 65535