File:X Japan - Blue Blood.jpg

Summary[edit]

Cover of the X Japan album Blue Blood.

Fair use in Blue Blood (X Japan album)[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a low resolution copy of a CD album cover.
2. It cannot be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
3. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD album in any way.
4. It illustrates the main subject of the respective article.
5. It is not replaceable with a free image.

- Cyrus XIII 23:23, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Licensing[edit]

© 1989 Ki/oon Records

This image is of a cover of an audio recording, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the publisher of the work or the artist(s) which produced the recording or cover artwork in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of such covers solely to illustrate the audio recording in question, on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:X_Japan_-_Blue_Blood.jpg true