File:Indian Summer (album).jpg

Fair use rationale in Indian Summer (Carbon Leaf album) edit

It is contended that the use of this album cover in Indian Summer (Carbon Leaf album) qualifies as fair use, in the context of wikipedias fair use criteria and applicable copyright laws, for the following reasons:

1. No free or public domain images have been located for this album.
2. This image , a small portion of the overall copyrighted content, illustrates the cover of the album or associated single that is discussed in the article Indian Summer (Carbon Leaf album).
3. This image is used for identification purposes for the following reasons
   • This image can be used to identify the album or associated single that is the subject of this article.
   • The identification that this image provides could not be equally provided via prose alone as the album cover is directly related to the content within for the purpose of identification. This identification only qualifies when used in the article on Indian Summer (Carbon Leaf album) as this image is the cover of that album.
   • This image greatly increase the readers ability to identify the album over any form of prose including traditional track listing and/or an album description alone.
4. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to market or sell the album in any way.
5. The image is of lower resolution than the original cover.
6. The image is being used in an informative way and does not detract from sales of the album.

Fair use rationale in Carbon Leaf edit

It is contended that the use of this album cover in Carbon Leaf qualifies as fair use, in the context of wikipedias fair use criteria and applicable copyright laws, for the following reasons:

1. No free or public domain images have been located for this album.
2. This image , a small portion of the overall copyrighted content, illustrates the cover of the album or associated single that is discussed in the discography section of the article Carbon Leaf.
3. This image is used for identification purposes for the following reasons
   • This image can be used to identify the album or associated single that is the subject of this article.
   • The identification that this image provides could not be equally provided via prose alone as the album cover is directly related to the content within for the purpose of identification. This identification only qualifies when used in the discography section of the article on Carbon Leafas this image is the cover of one of their albums.
   • This image greatly increase the readers ability to identify the album over any form of prose including traditional track listing and/or an album description alone.
4. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to market or sell the album in any way.
5. The image is of lower resolution than the original cover.
6. The image is being used in an informative way and does not detract from sales of the album.

Summary edit

Image is a cropped version of the album art found at http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YZKHYXWEL._SS500_.jpg

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 solely to illustrate the audio recording 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:Indian_Summer_(album).jpg true