SummaryEdit

Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free book cover for Dragons of Summer FlameEdit

DescriptionEdit

This is the front cover art for the book Dragons of Summer Flame written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher, Wizards of the Coast, or the cover artist.

SourceEdit

It is believed that the cover art can or could be obtained from Wizards of the Coast.

ArticleEdit

Dragons of Summer Flame

Portion usedEdit

The entire front cover. Because the image is a book cover, 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?Edit

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original book cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.

Purpose of useEdit

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. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original work, namely the book cover creator's ability to provide book cover design services and in turn marketing books to the public.

Replaceable?Edit

As a book cover, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the book 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 in the infobox would be misleading as to the identity of the work.

Other informationEdit

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

LicensingEdit

CopyrightedEdit

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 United States copyright law. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

LicensingEdit