File:ItsGoingToHappenRearSleeve1981.png

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Summary[edit]

Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description This (slightly cropped and low quality) image is the rear cover art for the single It's Going to Happen! by the artist The Undertones. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, EMI Records, or the graphic artist(s).

Front cover of The Undertones' 1981 single It's Going to Happen!; the source of which can be found here.

Author or
copyright owner
The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, EMI Records. The original photographer of the central image was one Mervyn Franklin.
Source (WP:NFCC#4) The source of the image used can be found here.
Date of publication May, 1981.
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) It's Going to Happen!
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
No free equivalent of this image is available (NFCC1)
  • The image is of a very low resolution quality.
  • The image is of historical importance to the article
  • Image is slightly skewed (in addition to being of a low resolution quality), therefore making commercial use of reproduced copies of the image very unlikely
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) Owing to the unique "one off" nature of the image, the image has no free equivalent, therefore meeting the Wikipedia guideline (NFCC1). In addition to this:
  • The intended content of the (low quality and notably blemished) image is not intended for use in any manner detrimental to the original copyrighted media (NFCC2)
  • The image is to be used in the infobox. section only upon the It's Going to Happen! article (NFCC3)
  • This image has already been widely distributed in the media via various methods since 1981, this image has been and continues to be displayed in both a better visual quality and in a higher resolution (NFCC4).
  • The image is pertinent to article (NFCC5)
  • The image is relevant to infobox, and is pertinent the article. Plus the image will be used in this article only (NFCC6, NFCC7 & NFCC8)
  • Given the name of the file, plus the nature of the article, ambiguous use of the low quality image is highly unlikely (NFCC9)
  • Having named the copyright owner of (blemished, low quality reproduction of) the image in question; plus the original author of the photographic image located in the centre of the record sleeve as well as meeting the criteria outlined, this image meets the Non free use rationale guidelines outlined by Wikipedia (NFCC10).
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
This record sleeve image has already been widely distributed in the media via various methods from 1981 and in doing so, this image has been displayed in both a better visual quality and in a much higher resolution.
Other information


  • The portion used is significantly cropped from the original image in addition:
  • The image is blemished and of a very low resolution quality.
  • The image is of historical importance to the article
  • Image is slightly cropped (in addition to being of a low resolution quality), therefore making commercial use of reproduced copies of the image highly unlikely
  • Ample better quality copies of this image exist and are easily accessible
  • The (low quality reproduction) photograph can be reasonably described as "irreplaceable" and meets the Non-free content criteria - in particular given the fact it has been widely distributed outside of Wikipedia in much greater quality (as already mentioned), that no free alternative exists and that the image is significant given the content of the article .
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of It's Going to Happen!//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ItsGoingToHappenRearSleeve1981.pngtrue

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current19:45, 12 July 2017Thumbnail for version as of 19:45, 12 July 2017315 × 316 (215 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
23:22, 8 March 2013No thumbnail474 × 476 (526 KB)Kieronoldham (talk | contribs)Uploading a piece of non-free cover art using File Upload Wizard
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