Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band.jpg (300 × 300 pixels, file size: 53 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Fair use rationale edit
| Description |
This is the cover art for the album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band by the artist the Beatles. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Parlophone/EMI, or the graphic artist(s), Robert Fraser/Jann Haworth/Michael Cooper. |
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| Source |
Resampled from digital copy included on The Beatles USB Box Set |
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| 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 |
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 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 Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band.jpgtrue | |
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| Purpose of use |
For use in article section "Revolver and Sgt. Pepper". The image is used for explication of critical commentary on the cover image and its significance, as well as for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. The image is iconic, one of the best known in international popular culture (see, e.g, Ashplant, T.G., and Gerry Smyth [2001], Explorations in Cultural History, ISBN 978-0745315126: "arguably the most famous music album cover in history" [p. 185]). In the immediate context, the ability to view the image specifically explicates elements of the article, including how the cover's elaborate nature prompted great interest and deep study (Source: Gould, Jonathan [2008], Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain and America, ISBN 978-0749929886, p. 520); the cultural impact of The Beatles' particular new style of facial hair, visible for the first time on an album cover, on counterculture style (Source: The Beatles [2000], The Beatles Anthology, ISBN 978-0811826846, p. 236); and the anti-establishment symbolism of the unusual outfits they are wearing (Source: Harris, Jonathan [2005], "Introduction: Abstraction and Empathy—Psychedelic Distortion and the Meaning of the 1960s", in Grunenberg, Christoph, and Jonathan Harris, eds. Summer of Love: Psychedelic Art, Social Crisis and Counterculture in the 1960s, ISBN 978-0853239192, pp. 12–13). In addition, in the general context of the article, it also shows the substantial transformation of the band's image from only three years earlier; the cultural impact of their visual style and its transformations throughout their career is an important element of the band's significance (Source: Gould, ibid, p. 345). As described in the accompanying text, the album is itself of exceptional significance (Source: Gould, ibid, p. 418; Rolling Stone—ranked greatest album of all time). The use of the image in this location and context makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone |
| Replaceable? |
Irreplaceable by text itself. |
| Article |
List of images on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band |
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| Purpose of use |
The image itself is the subject of the article. |
| Replaceable? |
Removal of this image is detrimental to the purpose of the article. |
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. |
 | The use of this file in the article(s) The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and List of images on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was reviewed by Moe Epsilon on 04:12, 11 May 2011 (UTC) and deemed likely to meet Wikipedia's policy on non-freely licensed content, because it is thought to meet all criteria as described in Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria. This file's use on other pages or in different contexts may require additional review at Wikipedia:Files for discussion. |
File history
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| current | 22:58, 5 April 2021 | | 300 × 300 (53 KB) | Mediafanatic17 (talk | contribs) | complete reversion of unnecessary enlarging of image that went completely against fair use guidelines |
| 17:31, 29 December 2020 | No thumbnail | 316 × 316 (157 KB) | DatBot (talk | contribs) | Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable) | |
| 16:12, 25 December 2020 | No thumbnail | 1,000 × 1,000 (1.49 MB) | ColorfulSmoke (talk | contribs) | ||
| 23:02, 12 May 2015 | No thumbnail | 300 × 300 (126 KB) | CyberFatal01 (talk | contribs) | ||
| 09:06, 13 March 2015 | No thumbnail | 300 × 300 (178 KB) | The Obento Musubi (talk | contribs) | Sourced from super high resolution the mono vinyl section of the Beatles' official website. The colors are more faithful to the vinyl LP than the saturated colors currently available online. The image is low-resolution and complies with fair use. The J... | |
| 03:56, 9 December 2009 | No thumbnail | 300 × 300 (119 KB) | Anetode (talk | contribs) | Resampled from digital copy included on The Beatles USB Box Set |
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