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Non-free / fair use media rationale for West Coast Avengers
Description

This is a scan of the cover to West Coast Avengers Vol. 1 #1, art by Al Milgrom, copyright Marvel Comics
Source

Scan
Article

West Coast Avengers
Portion used

Cover
Low resolution?

Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction
Purpose of use

Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article, a subject of public interest.
Replaceable?

Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.
Other information

Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product;
  2. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book;
  3. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;

[edit] Summary

Cover to West Coast Avengers Vol. 1 #1 (October 1985). Art by Al Milgrom. © Marvel Comics.

[edit] Licensing

[edit] Fair use in West Coast Avengers

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 comic book from which the cover illustration was taken.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic, the comic book series West Coast Avengers.
  3. 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.
  4. It is a low resolution image.
  5. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
  6. The comic book is copyrighted, so the image is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.
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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current07:52, 17 March 2005240×358 (46 KB)Khaosworks (Talk | contribs) (The cover of Marvel Comics' ''West Coast Avengers'' Vol. 1 #1 (October 1985). Art by Al Milgrom. {{Magazinecover}})

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