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|''This image is of a single issue of a [[Wikipedia:comic book|comic book]], and the '''[[Wikipedia:Copyright|copyright]]''' for it is most likely owned by either the '''publisher of the comic book''' or the '''artist(s) which produced the comic book cover in question'''. It is believed that the use a '''limited number''' of '''web-resolution''' images of covers of individual issues of comic books '''to illustrate the issue of the comic book in question''', '''the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part''', or '''the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question''', where no free alternative exists or can be created, qualifies as '''[[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]''' under [[Wikipedia:Copyright law of the United States|United States copyright law]], as such display '''does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material''', is '''not being used to turn a profit in this context''', and presents ideas that '''cannot be exhibited otherwise'''. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyrights]] and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|fair use rationale]]. | |''This image is of a single issue of a [[Wikipedia:comic book|comic book]], and the '''[[Wikipedia:Copyright|copyright]]''' for it is most likely owned by either the '''publisher of the comic book''' or the '''artist(s) which produced the comic book cover in question'''. It is believed that the use a '''limited number''' of '''web-resolution''' images of covers of individual issues of comic books '''to illustrate the issue of the comic book in question''', '''the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part''', or '''the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question''', where no free alternative exists or can be created, qualifies as '''[[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]''' under [[Wikipedia:Copyright law of the United States|United States copyright law]], as such display '''does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material''', is '''not being used to turn a profit in this context''', and presents ideas that '''cannot be exhibited otherwise'''. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyrights]] and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline|fair use rationale]]. | ||
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