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[edit] Licensing

This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the album or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers

solely to illustrate the audio recording 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. 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 described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For an example fair use rationale, see here.

[edit] Fair use for Metallica

It is low resolution
It does not limit the copyright owner to sell or distribute the product
The album cover is discussed in the article and a visual is required to show the read what the cover looks like
Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD;
The image on the cover is significant because it was made by the artist, Metallica

[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Metallica
Description	The cover of the album Load, by Metallica.
Source	amazon.com
Article	Metallica
Portion used	Image of the front cover of the audio recording. Portion reproduced is a small chunk of the entire copyrighted recording, which includes other cover art and the singles themselves. The use here of the front cover image does not preclude the copyright holder from profiting on or marketing the album.
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	For informational purposes - to illustrate the article Load (album), which describes the album.
Replaceable?	Not possible; unique piece of art.

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	16:11, 1 August 2007	240×240 (19 KB)	EndlessWires (Talk \| contribs)	(The image I have chosen to upload is the cover of the music album Load by heavy metal band Metallica. The image came from the Amazon.com webstie, here is the link: [http://www.amazon.com/Load-Metallica/dp/B000002HMH/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/10)