File:Better Now 04.jpg

Summary[edit]

Cover of Collective Soul's 2004 single, "Better Now." Image is being used in an article about the song/single.

Fair use in Better Now[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 a CD 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 sleeve artwork on another record.
4. The image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist, Collective Soul.
5. Its cover is being used in an article about the single.
6. It provides a visual in the article for the cover of the single.
7. It is provided for informational purposes only.

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 solely to illustrate the audio recording 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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Better_Now_04.jpg true