File:Soundofsilence.jpg
Soundofsilence.jpg (300 × 300 pixels, file size: 25 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
| Description |
Cover of the 1965 single "The Sound of Silence"/"We've Got a Groovey Thing Gon'" |
|---|---|
| Source |
Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the single 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 publisher or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless. |
| Article | |
| Portion used |
Front cover only, a small portion of the commercial product. |
| Low resolution? |
Yes |
| Purpose of use |
The image serves as the primary means of visual identification of the subject ("We've Got a Groovey Thing Goin'"). It illustrates educational articles about the song from which the cover illustration was taken. |
| Replaceable? |
There is no free equivalent of this song's cover, so the image cannot be replaced by a free image. |
| Other information |
The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the song. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Groovy//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Soundofsilence.jpgtrue | |
Fair use in The Sounds of Silence (song)[edit]
Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- It's a low resolution copy of a CD/album cover.
- It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD/album in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
- Because of the low resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
- The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
- The image on the cover is significant because it was made by a famous artist.
Source[edit]
- http://rateyourmusic.com/misc/link_image?album_id=183565&q=+Simon+and+Garfunkel+The+Sounds+of+Silence+%2f+We%26%2339%3bve+Got+a+Groovey+Thing+Goin%26%2339%3b
- Derived from a digital capture (scan/photo) of the album/CD 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.
Licensing[edit]
 | This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the work or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers
qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. |
File history
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
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| current | 00:21, 22 September 2014 | | 300 × 300 (25 KB) | Saginaw-hitchhiker (talk | contribs) | cleaner |
| 19:45, 2 October 2013 | No thumbnail | 280 × 281 (71 KB) | Bubba73 (talk | contribs) | improve contrast a little so it doesn't look so faded |
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