File:Cumminbacktonature.jpg

Summary

Fair use for Mel Cummin

Though this scanned or digitally photographed image is either subject to copyright or lapsed into public domain, its use here is regardless covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It representatively illustrates an educational article about a comic strip series of the past; its inclusion in the article adds significantly to understanding the text because it is a historical sample of the art and story that are the subject of the article, and relates to matters covered in the critical commentary. Therefore the image substantially improves the educational value of the article.
2. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic, which directly concerns a visual art.
3. It is of much lower resolution than the original. Any potential copies made from it would be of very inferior quality unsuitable for any commercial purpose. The image is not used here for profit, and its use on Wikipedia does not compete with the copyright holder, and such use does not decrease the value of the copyright to its holder.
4. It is not in any way replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image pertinent to the article subject, because the whole body of work under discussion is copyrighted.

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