File:Manga-kun issue 1 (1977-01-10).jpg

Description

First issue of Manga-kun (1977-01-10 is the date on the cover), published by Shogakukan.

License

This image is of a magazine cover, and the copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher of the magazine or the individual contributors who worked on the cover depicted. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of magazine covers to illustrate the publication of the issue of the magazine in question with the publication name either visible on the image itself or written in the image description above, 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 for more information.

Note: If the image depicts a person or persons on the cover, it is not acceptable to use the image in the article of the person or persons depicted on the cover, unless used to directly illustrate a point about the publication of the image. Use of the image merely to depict a person or persons in the image will be removed. Fair use true

Fair use rationale

The use of this image in the Shōnen Big Comic article is believed to be fair use because:

• It illustrates an educational article about the entity that the cover image represents (Manga-kun changed titles to Shōnen Big Comic in 1979).
• It is a low resolution image, and thus not suitable for production of counterfeit goods.
• The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is written or authorized by the owner of the cover image.
• It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.