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Description The original cover art for the Jimi Hendrix Experience album Axis: Bold as Love
Author or
copyright owner
Roger Law and Karl Ferris
Source (WP:NFCC#4) http://mystikegg.com/?cat=5
Date of publication 1967
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Jimi Hendrix
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s):
  • The psychedelic album cover art depicts Hendrix and the Experience as various forms of Vishnu, incorporating a painting of them by Roger Law, from a photo-portrait by Karl Ferris.(Unterberger, Richie (2009). The Rough Guide to Jimi Hendrix. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-84836-002-0. Pages 146–147)
  • The painted image of the Experience was then superimposed on top of a copy of a mass produced religious poster. (Heatley, Michael (2009). Jimi Hendrix Gear: The Guitars, Amps & Effects that Revolutionized Rock 'n' Roll. Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-0-7603-3639-7. Page 87)
  • Hendrix stated that the cover, which Track spent $5,000 producing, would have been more appropriate had it highlighted his American Indian heritage. (Cross, Charles R. (2005). Room Full of Mirrors: A Biography of Jimi Hendrix. Hyperion. ISBN 978-0-7868-8841-2. Page 205)
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
The image is irreplaceable.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)
  • Only one file of non-free content is used in the section to convey the significant visual information.
  • The image is low-resolution/fidelity/bit rate.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The reduced resolution (300 × 300 pixels, file size: 200 KB) is not of a high enough quality that it could compete with the copyright holder's commercial interest.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Jimi Hendrix//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Axiscover.jpgtrue

Licensing edit

Fair use in Axis: Bold as Love edit

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

  1. It's a low resolution copy of a CD/album cover.
  2. It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD/album in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
  3. Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
  4. The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
  5. The image on the cover is significant because it was made for a famous artist.

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