File:Draconomicon coverthumb.jpg

Summary
This image from Wizards of the Coast website [1] used for size consistency across product line.

Fair Use
This image is subject to copyright, but is believed to be covered under US fair use laws because: 1. It is a low resolution copy of the cover of a book, specifically Draconomicon, published by Wizards of the Coast in November 2003. 2. It does not limit the copyright holder's capacity to sell the book in any way. 3. No free alternative is available. 4. It is used only for informative purposes. 5. The image illustrates the text next to which it appears, which describes and discusses the book in question.

Non-free media use rationale
non-free book cover for Draconomicon

Description
This is the front cover art for the book Draconomicon written by Andy Collins, Skip Williams, James Wyatt. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to Wizards of the Coast.

Source
It is believed that the cover art can or could be obtained from Wizards of the Coast.

Article
Draconomicon

Portion used
The entire front cover. Because the image is a book cover, 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 book 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
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 work, namely the book cover creator's ability to provide book cover design services and in turn marketing books to the public.

Replaceable?
As a book cover, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the book would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. Using a different image in the infobox would be misleading as to the identity of the work.

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

Licensing
Copyrighted. This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers


 * to illustrate an article discussing the book 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. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.