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Summary

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Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free album cover true for A Mary Mary Christmas
Description

This is the cover art for the album A Mary Mary Christmas by the artist Mary Mary. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Sony Records, or the graphic artist(s).

Source

The cover art can be obtained from Sony Records.

Article

A Mary Mary Christmas

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 A Mary Mary Christmas//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AMaryMaryChristmas.jpgtrue

Licensing

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Fair use in Mary Mary

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Though this copyrighted image's use is permissible according to U.S. fair use laws for the following reasons:

  1. This is a low resolution version of the album/single cover.
  2. The inclusion of this image does not damage the image's owner's right to sell the album/single.
  3. This cannot feasibly be used to create illegal copies of the album/single.
  4. The image relates directly to a mention of the recording in the article.
  5. This image was made famous by Mary Mary and is therefore significant to this article.

File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current21:14, 27 February 2010Thumbnail for version as of 21:14, 27 February 2010300 × 300 (125 KB)JonathanLGardner (talk | contribs)Higher quality but still small enough to comply with regulations

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