Image:Captainamerica1.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free image data
Description

Cover of Captain America Comics #1 (Mar, 1941). Published by Timely Comics. The debut of Captain America. Art by Jack Kirby.
Source

http://www.comics.org/coverview.lasso?id=1313&zoom=4
Portion used

Full front cover as published.
Low resolution?

300px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction. Slight higher resolution to preserve cover detail legabilty.
Other information All Marvel characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are Trademarks & Copyright © 1941 Marvel Characters, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Non-free image rationale for Captain America
Article

Captain America
Purpose of use

Illustration of a specific point within the article.

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 publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
  3. The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
  4. 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 book.
  5. The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Replaceable?

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Non-free image rationale for Jack Kirby
Article

Jack Kirby
Purpose of use

Illustration of the artist's work.

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 publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
  3. The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
  4. 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 book.
  5. The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Replaceable?

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Non-free image rationale for Joe Simon
Article

Joe Simon
Purpose of use

Illustration of the artist's work. Also, one of the writer's signature series/characters.

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 publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
  3. The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
  4. 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 book.
  5. The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Replaceable?

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.
Non-free image rationale for Timely Comics
Article

Timely Comics
Purpose of use

Illustration of an example within the article of one of the publications of the article's subject.

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 publisher of the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken, and which places the image within a historical, informational context.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification within the article of Captain America Comics #1.
  3. The image is from the comic in which Captain America first appeared, an issue that is therefore of historical significance to the character and that is discussed at length in the article.
  4. 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 book.
  5. The character and comic book are copyrighted, and so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
Replaceable?

No free use image available. As these are fictional, copyrighted characters and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

[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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