File:Strappingyoungladcity.jpg

Cover of Strapping Young Lad's album City.

Fair use in City (Strapping Young Lad album)
Though this picture is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
 * 1) The picture is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic, namely City, the second album by a famous band, Strapping Young Lad.
 * 2) The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies of the picture could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
 * 3) It is a low resolution picture.
 * 4) The picture is only a small portion of the commercial product.
 * 5) It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted picture of comparable educational value.

Fair use in Strapping Young Lad
Though this picture is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
 * 1) The picture is of lower resolution and quality than the original.
 * 2) The picture is only a small portion of the commercial product.
 * 3) The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies of the picture could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
 * 4) It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted picture of comparable educational value.
 * 5) The picture of the cover art is used in the first subsection of the History section of the article Strapping Young Lad, which discusses the album City in great detail.
 * 6) The picture is used as the primary means of visual identification of the cover depicting a diesel fuel injection system, a critical part of the album's concept.