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Fair use rationale

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Non-free media data
Description

Cover of Amazing Fantasy 15 (Aug 1962 Marvel Comics), art by Jack Kirby, pencils, Steve Ditko, inks, and Stan Goldberg, colors[1]

Source

"Amazing Fantasy #15" at The Grand Comics Database. Retrieved .

Portion used

Full front cover as published.

Low resolution?

250px size unsuitable to use for high end reproduction.

Other information

All Marvel Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © Marvel Comics, © 1962 Marvel Characters, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Non-free media rationale for Amazing Fantasy
Article

Amazing Fantasy

Purpose of use

For identification purposes in conjunction with discussion of the topic of the article.

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. It illustrates an educational article about the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic, the comic book series Amazing Fantasy.
  3. The image is from the cover of the historically significant issue #15, which introduced the character Spider-Man.
  4. 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 book.
Replaceable?

No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Non-free media rationale for Spider-Man
Article

Spider-Man

Purpose of use

Illustration of a specific point within the article.

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. It illustrates an educational article about the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken.
  2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic, the comic book series Amazing Fantasy.
  3. The image is from the cover of the historically significant issue #15, which introduced the character Spider-Man.
  4. 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 book.
Replaceable?

No free use image available. As this is a fictional, copyrighted character and a copyrighted publication, a freely-licensed alternative could not reasonably be obtained.

Licensing

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Copyrighted
This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
  • the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book 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;
  • or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
    • the scene or storyline depicted, or
    • the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
  • where no free alternative exists or can be created,
  • 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. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.


References

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  1. ^ "Amazing Fantasy #15". marvel.com. Marvel Comics. Retrieved 2017-05-11.