Slickrick_streettalkin.jpg (300 × 300 pixels, file size: 23 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary
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| Description |
This is the cover art for the single Street Talkin' by the artist Slick Rick featuring Big Boi. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Def Jam, or the graphic artist(s). |
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| Source |
The single cover art can be obtained from the Def Jam archives |
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| Portion used |
The front cover of the single, this is to signify the name of the song, the artist names, and to distinguish it from other hip hop singles of the era to have similar cover designs |
| Low resolution? |
The resolution is not perfect, but it is acceptable as it is difficult to find a high resolution picture of a single that was not so popular and is before the 2000's when images on the internet started getting higher resolutions |
| 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. Main infobox. The image is intended to identify the song and surely makes the article more appealing to any wikipedia guest browsing around for it.. 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. As with many song covers, it is not replaceable by free content, anything else using this image would be copyrighting, and anything not true to the original would be offsetting for identifying and commentating. |
| Other information |
Use for the cover is described above and complies with the United States law. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Street Talkin'//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Slickrick_streettalkin.jpgtrue | |
Licensing:
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 | 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 work 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
qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. |
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| current | 03:52, 11 April 2010 | | 300 × 300 (23 KB) | Live and Die 4 Hip Hop (talk | contribs) |
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