File:Beside the Ocean of Time Book cover.jpg

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Fair use rationale edit

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the United States fair use laws because:

1. It illustrates a book cover for an article (Beside the Ocean of Time)
2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
3. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work, nor will it limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original.
4. It is a low resolution image, thus not violating Wikipedia's fair use policy or copyright law
5. The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
6. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely licensed material
7. Source: https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=16254468428

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This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers to illustrate an article discussing the book 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, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Beside_the_Ocean_of_Time_Book_cover.jpg true