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Summary

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This image qualifies for fair use to be featured in the infobox for the main article, Animals (album) as per the following information below:

Non-free media data
Description

Cover for the album Animals by Pink Floyd (depicting Battersea Power Station)

Source

Derived from a scan of the album cover

Portion used

Entire front cover, but does not include back or insides of original artwork

Low resolution?

Is only as much resolution as necessary to identify and show the style of artwork used for the article, not enough to be used for piracy

Licensing

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Fair use rationale: This is an image of lower quality than the original and is believed to qualify as fair use as it is only used to illustrate the album in question.

Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free album cover true for Animals (Pink Floyd album)
Description

This is the front cover for the album Animals by the artist Pink Floyd. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to Pink Floyd Music, Ltd.
Album cover for Animals, a Pink Floyd album.

Source

May be found at the following website: http://www.pinkfloyd.com/ Derived from a scan of the album cover (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the record company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless.

Article

Animals (Pink Floyd album)

Portion used

The entire front cover, but does not include back or insides of original artwork. 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.

Low resolution?

Yes, 300x300px, per Non-free content criteria according to Wikipedia:Non-free content. Only as much resolution as necessary to identify and show the style of artwork used for the article, not enough to be used for piracy.

Purpose of use

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. Section. For use in article section "Animals". 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 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. 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 used for explication of critical commentary on the cover image and its significance, as well as for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art.

In the immediate context, the ability to view the image specifically explicates elements of the article, including how the cover's nature was not only a fairly novel one, but it was also complementary to the musical content of the album. (Source: Blake, Mark (2008). Comfortably Numb—The Inside Story of Pink Floyd. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-81752-6. pp.245–246).

In the general context of the article, it also shows the cultural impact of their visual style and its transformations throughout their career as an important element of the band's significance.(Source: Blake, ibid, pp.224–227) As described in the accompanying text, the album is itself of exceptional significance to the band's history. (Source: Blake, ibid, pp.245–246)

Roger Waters influenced the final design.(Source: Blake, ibid, pp.245–246)

The use of the image in this location and context makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. 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.. 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.

Replaceable?

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. 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. 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. 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. Image in this form is already widely distributed to identify the album as part of catalogs and reviews, so we degrade no market value by providing it ourselves.

Other information

Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under the copyright law of the United States as described above.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Animals (Pink Floyd album)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pink_Floyd-Animals-Frontal.jpgtrue

File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:15, 1 January 2019Thumbnail for version as of 20:15, 1 January 2019300 × 300 (139 KB)Vladislav Volcheck (talk | contribs)HQ version, 1st UK vinyl pressing
13:40, 26 November 2016No thumbnail316 × 315 (18 KB)Mindmatrix (talk | contribs)Reverted to delete high-res version, which fails WP:NFCC#3 part b for non-free image use
06:07, 8 March 2015No thumbnail316 × 315 (18 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
01:55, 28 February 2015No thumbnail600 × 599 (102 KB)TheKirby64 (talk | contribs)Change it to high quality.
21:39, 26 December 2007No thumbnail300 × 300 (20 KB)Dream out loud (talk | contribs)

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