File:Key (DC Comics character).png

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Description

Interior artwork from JLA Secret Files & Origins vol. 1, 1 (July 1997 DC Comics)
Art by Doug Mahnke (pencils and inks), and Tom McCraw (colors)

Source

http://www.theartistschoice.com/mccrawal.htm

Article

Key (character)

Portion used

cropped

Low resolution?

Small size unsuitable to use for high quality reproduction

Purpose of use

Image is used for purposes of illustration in the above-named article, a subject of public interest.

Replaceable?

Image is protected by copyright; therefore, a free use alternative won't exist.

Other information

Although the picture is originally copyright, it is covered by fair use because:

  1. It is a low-resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product.
  2. The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to sell or distribute the original comic book;
  3. Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book;
  4. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article. For a visual medium such as comic books, words alone cannot adequately describe the subject;
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  • 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.