File:Lionel Richie & Commodores - Gold.jpg

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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description	This is the cover art for the album Gold by the band Commodores and artist Lionel Richie. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label Motown/Universal, or the graphic artist(s)
Author or copyright owner	Motown/Universa
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	The cover art can be obtained from Motown/Universal
Date of publication	2006
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Gold (Lionel Richie album)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	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.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Gold (Lionel Richie album)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lionel_Richie_%26_Commodores_-_Gold.jpgtrue

Licensing[edit]

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,
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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.
Fair use

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.
This tag should only be used for covers of audio recording releases.
Either of the following may be helpful for stating the rationale: Template:Album rationale or Template:Non-free use rationale album cover.

To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
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Gold (Lionel Richie album)

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