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qualifies as '''fair use''' under United States copyright law. '''Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement.''' See [[Tolkien Gateway:Fair use]] for more information.
qualifies as '''fair use''' under United States copyright law. '''Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement.''' See [[Tolkien Gateway:Fair use]] for more information.
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Revision as of 17:51, 23 August 2011

Licensing and Rationale

This image is of a book, film, music, or video game cover, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by the publisher. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of covers

  • to illustrate an article discussing the product in question
  • on the non-profit Tolkien Gateway website,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Tolkien Gateway:Fair use for more information.