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1 Summary
2 Fair use rationale for The Scarlet Citadel
3 Fair use rationale for Frank Frazetta
4 Licensing

[edit] Summary

This is a scan of the fantastic cover of Conan the Usurper entitled "Chained". The cover painting is by Frank Frazetta and is used in accordance with fair use policy (see below) to illustrate the artistic style of this painter. Other images created by this artist are available online. All paintings by Frank Frazetta are copyrighted to him. All rights reserved.

[edit] Fair use rationale for The Scarlet Citadel

The image is a popular depiction of the subject matter in question.
The image is used here for encyclopedic purposes and in no way limits the ability of the artist(s) to market their product.
The image is presented as a low resolution copy of the original.
The image was released to the media via the internet to promote the original product in which it appeared.
The image is arguably significant and was created by a notable artist: Frank Frazetta.
No free alternative can exist given that Conan and Hyboria are trademarked and thus protected.

[edit] Fair use rationale for Frank Frazetta

As above, and specifically

To illustrate a specific point in the article about the artist

[edit] Licensing

This image is of a book cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover or the publisher of the book. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers

to illustrate an article discussing the book in question
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. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might 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 described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. Please include in your fair use rationale details of the particular edition (publisher, market & year of publication) of the edition you have used, and also acknowledge any cover artist if such artist is acknowledged in that edition's frontmatter. If the book cover is in the public domain (see Wikipedia:Public domain), then use the appropriate public domain tag rather than this one.

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current	11:08, 8 December 2006	400×478 (204 KB)	Flask (Talk \| contribs)	(This is a scan of the fantastic cover of ''Conan the Usurper''. The cover painting is by Frank Frazetta and is used in accordance with fair use policy (see below) to illustrate the artistic style of this painter. Other images created by this artis)