to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the section dedicated to the work in question, in the article discussing the recording artist
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)
This is the only album cover to be used in the article about the recording artist. Out of five albums, only one album cover is to be used. The article has a section dedicated solely to this work, but no article is dedicated to the work in question; accordingly, all discussion of the work appears in the dedicated section of the artist's article.
It is a low resolution image.
The image is only a small portion of the commercial product.
This is the cover art for The Both by the artist The Both. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, SuperEgo Records, or the graphic artist(s).
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.
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.
Section. 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 an article section 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.. 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.
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. Using a different image would be misleading as to the identity of the work.
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. The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies of the image could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of The Both//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Both_album_front_cover.jpgtrue
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,
