File:The Beatles - Butcher Cover.jpg
The_Beatles_-_Butcher_Cover.jpg (300 × 300 pixels, file size: 118 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
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The original STEREO album cover of Yesterday and Today.
Fair use rationale for Yesterday and Today, Robert Whitaker, and The Beatles in 1966
- It is believed that the use of this image on the English-language Wikipedia to illustrate an article on the audio recording in question falls under the "Non-profit educational" clause of the Fair Use doctrine currently upheld by United States law. (17 U.S.C. § 107)
- The image is irreplaceable; a free analogue is impossible to produce as the original will be covered by copyright for the foreseeable future
- Owing to the limited web-resolution of the image, only a small portion of a copyrighted work is used
- For the same reasons, the portion of the copyrighted work used is of inherently lower quality than the original, reducing the risk of competitiveness and therefore the effects of this copy on the market for or value of versions held by the owner of the copyright
| Description |
This is the front cover for the LP Yesterday and Today by the artist The Beatles. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to Apple Corps, Ltd. |
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| Source |
Scan |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
The entire cover: because the image is cover art, 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 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. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the artist's providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public. |
| Replaceable? |
As musical cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the music 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 cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under the copyright law of the United States as described above. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Yesterday and Today//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Beatles_-_Butcher_Cover.jpgtrue | |
Fair use in Robert Whitaker (photographer)
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Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the photograph in any way;
- Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the photograph;
- The image is significant because it depicts a famous artist, The Beatles;
- The image is significant because it is perhaps the most famous work of Robert Whitaker (photographer);
- This image is infamous for the controversy caused by it. It needs to be shown in order to illustrate the image to which people were reacting, as discussed in the article;
Fair use in The Beatles in 1966
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Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the photograph in any way;
- Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the photograph;
- The image is significant because it depicts a famous artist, The Beatles;
- The image is significant because it is perhaps the most famous work of Robert Whitaker (photographer);
- This image is infamous for the controversy caused by it. It needs to be shown in order to illustrate the image to which people were reacting, as discussed in the article;
Source
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- Derived from a digital capture (scan/photo) of the album/CD cover (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the record company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.
Licensing
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 | 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 work 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
qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. |
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| current | 10:59, 2 August 2015 | | 300 × 300 (118 KB) | CyberFatal01 (talk | contribs) | Better resolution |
| 12:38, 12 May 2015 | No thumbnail | 300 × 300 (36 KB) | CyberFatal01 (talk | contribs) | ||
| 01:44, 26 September 2012 | No thumbnail | 350 × 350 (29 KB) | GentlemanGhost (talk | contribs) | Replacing previous iteration with one of the same size, but without the aliasing. | |
| 20:52, 23 February 2012 | No thumbnail | 350 × 350 (78 KB) | Soerfm (talk | contribs) | Brightness |
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