File:JohnnyCashEncore.jpg

Summary

Fair use rationale for Encore (Johnny Cash album)

In addition to the above, the following rationale can be taken into account:

1. The image in question is a low-resolution scan of the album's front cover
2. Sales of the album are not threatened by the use of this image on Wikipedia
3. Illegal artwork cannot be produced using this image
4. The album itself is historically important and the article benefits from the image's inclusion

Licensing

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 solely to illustrate the audio recording 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 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. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:JohnnyCashEncore.jpg true