Birth_of_the_Cool.jpg (250 × 250 pixels, file size: 34 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary edit
Original 12" vinyl album cover of Birth of the Cool. Front cover photograph by Aram Avakian.
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
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 edit
| Description |
This is the cover art for Birth of the Cool by the artist Miles Davis. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to Capitol Records. |
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| Source |
The cover art can be obtained from Capitol Records. |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
The entire cover: because the image is cover art, 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 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 |
Product. 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 album 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. Image is also used on the Miles Davis article, because the recording it represents is one of the signature works of Davis. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the artist's providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public. |
| Replaceable? |
As musical cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the music would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. |
| Other information |
Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under the copyright law of the United States as described above. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Birth of the Cool//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Birth_of_the_Cool.jpgtrue | |
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| current | 16:11, 2 May 2010 | | 250 × 250 (34 KB) | Ricadus (talk | contribs) | Vinyl album cover (mid-1950s 12" LP) |
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