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It is a low resolution copy
It is only being used to illustrate the article in question
The image is irreplaceable; a free analogue is impossible to produce as the original will be covered by copyright for the foreseeable future
Owing to the limited web-resolution of the image, only a small portion of a copyrighted work is used
It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the image in any way
For the same reasons, the portion of the copyrighted work used is of inherently lower quality than the original, reducing the risk of competitiveness and therefore the effects of this copy on the market for or value of versions held by the owner of the copyright
This image is from a comic strip, webcomic or from the cover or interior of a comic book. The copyright for this image is most likely owned by either the publisher of the comic or the writer(s) and/or artist(s) which produced the comic in question. It is believed that
the use of low-resolution images of the cover of a comic book to illustrate:
the issue of the comic book in question;
the periodical comic book series of which this issue is a part; or
the copyrighted comic book character(s) or group(s) on the cover of the issue in question;
or the use of low-resolution images of a single panel from a comic strip or an interior page of a comic book to illustrate:
the scene or storyline depicted, or
the copyrighted character(s) or group(s) depicted on the excerpted panel in question;
where no free alternative exists or can be created,
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{{Non-free use rationale | Article = Imperial Guard (comics) | Description = Comic book cover | Source = [https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_Guard_Vol_1_1?file=Imperial_Guard_Vol_1_1.jpg Fandom] | Portion = Cover | Low resolution = Yes | Purpose = It is only being used to illustrate the article in question | Replaceability = As the image is unqiue and currently in copyright, no free equivalent could reasonably be obtained or created...
