File:You Can Call Me Al.jpg

Summary edit

This is the album cover of "You Can Call Me Al", a Paul Simon single.

℗ & © 1986 Paul Simon under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment (Warner Bros. Records Inc. until 2010).

Fair use in You Can Call Me Al edit

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a low resolution copy of an album cover.
2. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the record in any way.
3. Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another record.
4. The image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist, Paul Simon.

Licensing edit

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