File:Blacksmoke Postage Stamp.jpg

A replica postage stamp by the Blacksmoke collective. Fair use claimed to illustrate (in low resolution) this series of work by Blacksmoke. Taken from [1].

Fair use in Blacksmoke[edit]

Although the picture is subject to copyright I (Kingboyk) feel and assert that it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

• it is a low resolution copy of a piece of art;
• it does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the art in any way;
• no free alternative is available;
• it is being used to illustrate an article which covers the piece of art in question;
• its low resolution means copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the artwork.

This image represents a two-dimensional work of art, such as a drawing, painting, print, or similar creation. The copyright for this image is likely owned by either the artist who created it, the individual who commissioned the work, or their legal heirs. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of artworks: for purposes of critical commentary on: the specific work in question, the artistic genre or technique employed in the artwork, or the artistic school or tradition to which the artist is associated, as applied within the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers located in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other use of this image, whether on Wikipedia or elsewhere, could potentially constitute a copyright infringement. For further information, please refer to Wikipedia's guidelines on non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksmoke_Postage_Stamp.jpg true