File:GI Joe America's Elite 1.jpg

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Summary[edit]

Cover image from G.I. Joe: America's Elite #1.

Qualifies for fair use under WP:NONFREE#Images as cover art.

Fair use rationale[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale true for G.I. Joe: America's Elite
Description	A comic book cover for G.I. Joe: America's Elite #1
Source	Scan
Article	G.I. Joe: America's Elite
Portion used	Cover
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: It is a low resolution copy of a comic book cover, hence, only a small portion of the commercial product; 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; Copies of this image could not be used to make illegal copies of the comic book; 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; This particular issue is considered significant because it is the first issue of the series;
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of G.I. Joe: America's Elite//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GI_Joe_America%27s_Elite_1.jpgtrue

Licensing:[edit]

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.
Fair use

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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:30, 22 October 2017		256 × 389 (26 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	13:49, 9 March 2010	No thumbnail	325 × 494 (55 KB)	DASHBot (talk \| contribs)	Bot: Rescaling Fair Use Image (shutoff)

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G.I. Joe: America's Elite