File:Checkbook Cover 2011.jpg

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The cover of the Fall 2011/ Winter 2012 issue of Consumers' Checkbook magazine. This issue features ratings and prices of auto repair shops.

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This image is fair use in the article Consumers' Checkbook because it is low resolution, and is used to illustrate the magazine in the article about it.

Fair use rationale edit

This image falls under fair use in the article Consumers' Checkbook because:

1. The image is low resolution
2. The image is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted media
3. No free equivalent is available, nor could one be created