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[edit] Summary

Scanned from personal copy. For use on Middlesex (novel). As a book cover, there is no free image alternative.

[edit] Fair use for Middlesex (novel)

This image, Middlesex novel.jpg, is being linked here; although the picture is subject to copyright, uploader feels it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

it is a low resolution copy of a book cover;
the cover is unique—no free substitute is available;
the image will be used for educational purposes, to illustrate Middlesex (novel) and other relevant articles in an encyclopedia;
it does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the book in any way;
copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the cover artwork on another book;
the image is significant because it depicts a particular book by a notable author

[edit] Licensing

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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.