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Summary

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Description: Front cover of Rifts: Role-Playing Game core rulebook (1st edition), illustrated by Keith Parkinson
Source: Scanned from cover of book
Copyright: August 1990, Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books
Uploaded: Cdang (talk | contribs) 12:49, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale

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Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free book cover true for Rifts (role-playing game)
Description

This is the front cover art for the book Rifts: Role-Playing Game written by Kevin Siembieda. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books (August 1990).

The artist credited for this image is Keith Parkinson (an identifying signature, "PARKINSON/1990©", appears in the lower left corner of the illustration).

Source

The image is derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the book cover. The creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images, whether appearing here – in the manner and for the purpose described below – or elsewhere, is still held by the same party, that being the original owner, artist, or publisher. Claimed as fair use regardless.

Article

Rifts (role-playing game)

Portion used

The entire front cover, measuring 8.48 in (21.54 cm) width by 10.92 in (27.74 cm) length (corresponding digital capture measures 1272 px by 1637 px scanned at 150 dpi), comprising a relatively small portion of the commercial product as a whole. Because the image is a book cover, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image.

Low resolution?

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original book cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.

Purpose of use

Main infobox. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for.

Replaceable?

As a book cover, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the book would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary.

Other information

Use of the book cover in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and qualifies as fair use under applicable United States copyright law. Use of the book cover in the manner and for the purpose described above will not affect the value of the original work or the body of work to which it belongs, neither will it compete with the purposes of the original work, namely the artist's ability to provide and be compensated for book cover illustration and design services and the publisher's ability to market books and other media featuring these works to the public. In particular, copies of this image could not be used to produce or distribute illegal copies of the book's primary content in part or whole, whether for personal use or purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain, to the detriment of the original copyright holder.

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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:57, 5 January 2018Thumbnail for version as of 06:57, 5 January 2018277 × 360 (19 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
12:49, 27 August 2006No thumbnail300 × 390 (21 KB)Cdang (talk | contribs)Cover of ''Rifts'' first edition (© Palladium Books), scanned. Author : Keith Parkinson Theme: a splugorthian slave barge The user who uploaded this image (cdang) thinks it is fair use:: * the image illustrates the subject a

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