File:ThePrimitivesCrash.jpg
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ThePrimitivesCrash.jpg (298 × 300 pixels, file size: 78 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
[edit]Description | The cover artwork of the Primitives song "Crash". The cover's copyright is believed to belong to the label, RCA Records, or the graphics artist. |
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Author or copyright owner |
RCA Records |
Source (WP:NFCC#4) | https://www.discogs.com/release/879684-Primitives-Crash |
Date of publication | 1988 |
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Crash (The Primitives song) |
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question. |
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Any derivative work based upon the cover art would be a copyright violation, so creation of a free image is not possible. |
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | This file will be used only inside the infobox of the article in question. |
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The use of a low resolution image of a work's cover will not impact the commercial viability of the work. |
Other information | The image has been cropped slightly to remove excess detail, and its contrast has been enhanced by 50% for better coloring. |
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Crash (The Primitives song)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ThePrimitivesCrash.jpgtrue |
Licensing
[edit]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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Fair use in Crash (The Primitives song)
[edit]Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It's a low resolution copy of a CD/album cover.
- It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD/album in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
- Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
- The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
- The image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist.
Source
[edit]- 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.
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current | 17:41, 18 January 2024 | 298 × 300 (78 KB) | ResolutionsPerMinute (talk | contribs) | The previous file looked over-cropped. | |
09:16, 4 July 2006 | No thumbnail | 152 × 206 (11 KB) | Lillygirl (talk | contribs) | The Primitives Crash single cover |
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