File:X Japan Aoiyoru.jpg

Cover of the X Japan live DVD Aoi Yoru.

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a low resolution copy of a live DVD cover.
2. It cannot be used to make illegal copies of the DVD artwork on another DVD.
3. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the DVD in any way.
4. It illustrates the main subject of the respective article.
5. It is not replaceable with a free image.

Darkcat21 12:28, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

© 2007 Geneon

This image is the cover of a videotape, DVD, Blu-ray, etc. and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the video or the studio which produced the video in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of video covers to illustrate the videotape or disc 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 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. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:X_Japan_Aoiyoru.jpg true

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for video covers. Try using Template:Non-free use rationale video cover to state the rationale. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.