File:John carter of mars burroughs cover.jpg

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Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free book cover true for John Carter of Mars (collection)
Description

This is the front cover art for the book John Carter of Mars written by Edgar Rice Burroughs. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher, Canaveral Press, or the cover artist.

First edition cover of John Carter of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Canaveral Press, 1964.

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http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?19027

Article

John Carter of Mars (collection)

Portion used

The entire front cover. Because the image is a book cover, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image.

Low resolution?

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original book cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.

Purpose of use

Main infobox. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original work, namely the book cover creator's ability to provide book cover design services and in turn marketing books to the public.

Replaceable?

As a book cover, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the book would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. Using a different image in the infobox would be misleading as to the identity of the work.

Other information

Use of the book cover in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of John Carter of Mars (collection)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_carter_of_mars_burroughs_cover.jpgtrue

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current02:06, 9 January 2022Thumbnail for version as of 02:06, 9 January 2022254 × 396 (50 KB)GrahamHardy (talk | contribs)larger, clearer image
15:17, 25 February 2013No thumbnail201 × 301 (35 KB)BPK2 (talk | contribs)Replaced file with image of actual first edition (previous image was for the Big/Little Book of John Carter and the Giant of Mars only)
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