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Fair use rationales[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale true for House of Strahd
Description

This is a scan of the cover to House of Strahd, art by Dana M. Knutson, copyright Wizards of the Coast

Source

Scan

Article

House of Strahd

Portion used

Cover

Low resolution?

Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction

Purpose of use

Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article, a subject of public interest.

Replaceable?

Image is protected by copyright, therefore a free use alternative won't exist.

Other information

Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product;
  2. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book;
  3. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;
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Summary[edit]

File information
Description

Book cover, House of Strahd by Tracy & Laura Hickman

Source

copyright Wizards of the Coast, Source: scan of owned copy

Date

1993

Author

Original cover artwork by Dana Knutson

Permission
(Reusing this file)

Fair use of copyrighted material (book cover)



Licensing[edit]

Fair use for Ravenloft (D&D module)[edit]

The use of this image in the article named / linked above is claimed as Fair use of copyrighted material because:

  1. it is a low resolution copy of a book cover;
  2. the article named above concerns the publication in question;
  3. the inclusion of the image in the named article makes a significant contribution to the article because it:
    1. identifies a specific edition of the publication in question;
    2. illustrates a relevant point in the text of the article;
  4. no free version of the image is available that would serve the equivalent purpose;
  5. the inclusion of the image in the named article does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the original publication in any way;
  6. the image cannot be used to replace the original market role of the publication in question.

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current06:15, 18 November 2017Thumbnail for version as of 06:15, 18 November 2017281 × 355 (27 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
14:57, 11 October 2007No thumbnail347 × 439 (40 KB)Maelwys (talk | contribs){{Information ||Description = Book cover, House of Strahd by Tracy & Laura Hickman |Source = copyright Wizards of the Coast, Source: scan of owned copy |Date = 1993 |Author = Original cover artwork by Dana M. Knutson |Permission
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