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[edit] Licensing

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 album 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 United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For an example fair use rationale, see here.

[edit] Fair use rationale

Non-free / fair use media rationale for "Them" (King Diamond album)
Description	The cover of the album ""Them"", by the band King Diamond.
Source	http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7327/1988themremasteredqh8.jpg
Article	"Them" (King Diamond album)
Portion used	Image of the front cover of the audio recording. Portion reproduced is a small chunk of the entire copyrighted recording, which includes other cover art and the singles themself. The use here of the front cover image does not preclude the copyright holder from profiting on or marketing the album.
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	For informational purposes - to illustrate the article "Them" (King Diamond album), which describes the album.
Replaceable?	Not possible; unique piece of art.

[edit] Fair use in Gothic metal

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

The image is only a small portion of the overall product and serves as an easily identifiable part of a larger entity.
The copy of the image is low-resolution and will not produce high-quality copies of the art for illegal duplication. The quality is high enough to clearly present the image and to place the subject represented by the image in a good light.
The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to gain commercially from the work.
It illustrates educational articles about the subject represented by the image.
The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of topics in the article.
It adds significantly to the article because it illustrates an important precursor of the genre as discussed in the accompanying text.