File:AceD-36ConanCover.jpg

Summary[edit]

Cover image of Ace Books D-36, Conan The Conqueror by Robert E. Howard. Printed in 1953; artist Norman Saunders^[1]

Rationale of fair use[edit]

The Ace Books article links to this image. Though the picture is originally copyright, I Mike Christie 01:34, 14 August 2006 (UTC) feel it is covered by fair use because:

1. No free or public domain images have been located for this book.
2. The image is of lower resolution than the original cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality.
3. The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the book in any way, and the book is no longer in print in a version with this cover
4. The article discusses the early use of science fiction works by Ace Books and discusses elements of the cover design, including the "Complete and Unabridged" notice. Hence the article forms a commentary on the image.
5. This image is used on various websites, so its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is. The cover is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the original book in any way.

Licensing[edit]

This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers to illustrate an article discussing the book 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, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AceD-36ConanCover.jpg true