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Fair use in Blue Ocean Strategy[edit]

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

1. It illustrates the book that is subject of the article.
2. The cover image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
3. It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
4. The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the book.
5. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

Licensing[edit]

This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers to illustrate an article discussing the book 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, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BOStrategy.jpg true