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Fair use rationale

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Non-free media data
Description

Cover of Action Comics 1 (Jun 1938 DC Comics), art by Joe Shuster, art, and Jack Adler, color[1]

Source

"DC Comics Celebrates 'Action Comics' #1000 and 80 Years of Superman With Commemorative Book: Exclusive" at Newsweek. Retrieved . (similar file if not the one originally uploaded.)

Portion used

Full front cover as published.

Low resolution?

2560px size unsuitable to use for high reproduction.

Other information

All DC Comics characters and the distinctive likeness(es) thereof are TM & © DC Comics, © 1938 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

This image, Action1.jpg, is being linked here; though the picture is subject to copyright I (Hiding Talk) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. No free alternative can exist given the likeness of the character Superman is a trademark and thus protected;
  2. It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover;
  3. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the comic book in any way;
  4. Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book cover art on another comic book;
  5. The image is significant; it is the cover to Action Comics issue 1, the first appearance of Superman, thought to be the first super-hero;
  6. The issue in question is discussed within the article, thus using this image to identify the issue is thought fair use;
Non-free media rationale for Action Comics
Article

Action Comics

Purpose of use

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

  1. The image is significant; it is the cover to Action Comics issue 1, the first appearance of Superman, thought to be the first super-hero.
  2. The image is from the historically significant debut issue of the series.
  3. It illustrates an educational article about the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken.
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 Action Comics 1
Article

Action Comics 1

Purpose of use

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

  1. The image is significant; it is the cover to Action Comics issue 1, the first appearance of Superman, thought to be the first super-hero.
  2. The image is from the historically significant debut issue of the series.
  3. It illustrates an educational article about the comic book from which the cover illustration was taken.
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 American comic book
Article

American comic book

Purpose of use

Illustration of an example and/or a specific point within the article.

  1. It illustrates two educational articles about these interrelated topics (cf Superhero).
  2. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The image is from the historically significant first appearance of the character Superman, the seminal archetype of the superhero, in one of the first major American comic books. It is one of the most famous and historically significant publications of what fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.
  4. The image is significant; it is the cover to Action Comics issue 1, the first appearance of Superman, thought to be the first super-hero.
  5. The issue in question is discussed within the article, thus using this image to identify the issue is thought fair use.
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.

Article

Publication history of Superman

Purpose of use

Illustration of an example and/or a specific point within the article.

  1. It illustrates two educational articles about these interrelated topics (cf Superhero).
  2. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The image is from the historically significant first appearance of the character Superman, the seminal archetype of the superhero, in one of the first major American comic books. It is one of the most famous and historically significant publications of what fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.
  4. The image is significant; it is the cover to Action Comics issue 1, the first appearance of Superman, thought to be the first super-hero.
  5. The issue in question is discussed within the article, thus using this image to identify the issue is thought fair use.
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 Superman
Article

Superman

Purpose of use

Illustration of an example and/or a specific point within the article.

  1. It illustrates two educational articles about these interrelated topics (cf Superhero).
  2. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The image is from the historically significant first appearance of the character Superman, the seminal archetype of the superhero, in one of the first major American comic books. It is one of the most famous and historically significant publications of what fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.
  4. The image is significant; it is the cover to Action Comics issue 1, the first appearance of Superman, thought to be the first super-hero.
  5. The issue in question is discussed within the article, thus using this image to identify the issue is thought fair use.
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 Ashcan copy
Article

Ashcan copy

Purpose of use

Illustration of an example and/or a specific point within the article.

  1. In conjunction with another image, it allows a reader to understand the differences between an ashcan copy and a salable copy.
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 Superman
Article

Superman

Purpose of use

Illustration of an example and/or a specific point within the article.

  1. It illustrates two educational articles about these interrelated topics (cf Superhero).
  2. The image is used as one of the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.
  3. The image is from the historically significant first appearance of the character Superman, the seminal archetype of the superhero, in one of the first major American comic books. It is one of the most famous and historically significant publications of what fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books.
  4. The image is significant; it is the cover to Action Comics issue 1, the first appearance of Superman, thought to be the first super-hero.
  5. The issue in question is discussed within the article, thus using this image to identify the issue is thought fair use.
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 DC Comics
Article

DC Comics

Purpose of use

Illustration of an example and/or a specific point within the article.

  1. In conjunction with another image, it allows a reader to understand the differences between an ashcan copy and a salable copy.
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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References

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  1. ^ "Action Comics #1". comics.org. The Grand Comics Database. Retrieved 2010-09-12.

File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current00:17, 30 January 2018Thumbnail for version as of 00:17, 30 January 2018256 × 375 (61 KB)NeoBatfreak (talk | contribs)clearer image
22:10, 26 December 2017No thumbnail268 × 371 (31 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
01:22, 1 November 2006No thumbnail300 × 416 (50 KB)J Greb (talk | contribs)Reduced size of original upload as per Project discussion.

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