File:PrinceConCovers.png

Summary[edit]

I know the author Sang Lee, personally, and he would have no problem with this image being used to augment the article PrinceCon under Fair Use doctrine. אמר Steve Caruso _(desk/AMA) • Give Back Our Membership! 22:03, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Update: More criteria as requested:

"What proportion of the copyrighted work is used and to what degree does it compete with the copyright holder's usage?"

It is a low-resolution image of past convention cover art. It does not compete.

"If applicable, has the resolution been reduced from the original? In the case of music samples, has the quality been reduced from the original?"

See above.

What purpose does the image serve in the article? If applicable:

Is the image a logo, photograph, or box art for the main subject of the article?

Yes.

Is the image being used as the primary means of visual identification of the subject or topic? (e.g., a corporate logo or the box art of a DVD)

Yes.

Does it illustrate the topic of the article? (e.g., a screen shot from a movie)

Yes.

Is it used for commentary on a particular topic? How?

N/A.

Why the subject can't be adequately conveyed by properly sourced text or using free content media.

There is no official free content visual media pertaining to the Con.

Any other information necessary to assist others in determining whether the use of this copyrighted work qualifies for fair use.

Sadly, the artist Sang Lee, passed on a few years back. It is well within his legacy for this image to be used to demonstrate the character of PrinceCon -- in any context -- as he was an avid participant in the Con who contributed his art freely as a matter of dedication for over a decade. The fact that this artwork is "copyrighted" in this context is a mere technicality.

אמר Steve Caruso 14:54, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

This work is copyrighted (or assumed to be copyrighted) and unlicensed. It does not fall into one of the blanket acceptable non-free content categories listed at Wikipedia:Non-free content § Images or Wikipedia:Non-free content § Audio clips, and it is not covered by a more specific non-free content license listed at Category:Wikipedia non-free file copyright templates. However, it is believed that the use of this work: To illustrate the subject in question Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PrinceConCovers.png true

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. Template:Non-free use rationale may be helpful for stating the rationale. This tag is not a sufficient claim of fair use. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.