File:Monster Manual II coverthumb.jpg

Fair-use rationale edit

Summary edit

This image from Wizards of the Coast website [1] used for size consistency across product line.

Fair Use edit

This image is subject to copyright, but is believed to be covered under US fair use laws because:

1. It is a low resolution copy of the cover of a book, specifically Monster Manual II, published by Wizards of the Coast in September 2002.
2. It does not limit the copyright holder's capacity to sell the book in any way.
3. No free alternative is available.
4. It is used only for informative purposes.
5. The image illustrates the text next to which it appears, which describes and discusses the book in question.

Licensing edit

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:Monster_Manual_II_coverthumb.jpg true