File:Michael's First Album.jpg

Summary[edit]

CD Cover art for Guang Liang's first solo album, Michael's First Album.

Fair Use rationale[edit]

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To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for covers of audio recording releases. Either of the following may be helpful for stating the rationale: Template:Album rationale or Template:Non-free use rationale album cover. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

As covered by the licensing statement above, any other use of this image may be a copyright infringement. However, its presence on the Wikipedia article Michael's First Album is necessary to illustrate the subject. An image qualifies for Fair Use under the following conditions: the image is low resolution, it is not used for marketing or will not inhibit marketing practice of the copyright holder, and it is a necessary image. This image cannot be used to make print-quality reproductions of the album art, nor will it enable infringement of copyrighted artwork. It is being used in one article only (Michael's First Album, and is not used to illustrate something it is not made for.