File:Joe Satriani Surfing With the Alien.jpg

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Summary[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free album cover true for Surfing with the Alien
Description

This is the cover art for the album Surfing with the Alien by the artist Joe Satriani. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Relativity Records, or the graphic artist(s), David Bett.

Source

Scanned from CD booklet.

Article

Surfing with the Alien

Portion used

The entire cover: because the image is cover art, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image.

Low resolution?

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.

Purpose of use

Main infobox. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the artist's providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public.

Replaceable?

As musical cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the music would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary.

Other information

Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under the copyright law of the United States as described above.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Surfing with the Alien//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Joe_Satriani_Surfing_With_the_Alien.jpgtrue

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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current23:44, 9 November 2016Thumbnail for version as of 23:44, 9 November 2016303 × 300 (123 KB)Two Hearted River (talk | contribs)original US vinyl cover
01:45, 7 July 2012No thumbnail300 × 300 (156 KB)Mac Dreamstate (talk | contribs)Less smudging, colours adjusted to reflect original.
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