File:Imperial Guard 1.jpg

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Non-free media information and use rationale true for Imperial Guard (Marvel Comics)
Description	Comic book cover
Source	Fandom
Article	Imperial Guard (Marvel Comics)
Portion used	Cover
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	It is only being used to illustrate the article in question
Replaceable?	As the image is unique and currently in copyright, no free equivalent could reasonably be obtained or created to replace this media
Other information	The use of this image on Wikipedia is contended to be a fair use, since it is used solely for educational purposes in a not-for-profit encyclopedia, is necessary for cultural and historical purposes, and the material value of the possible copyright is not believed to be lessened by its use here It is believed that the use of this image on the English-language Wikipedia to illustrate an article on the subject in question falls under the "Non-profit educational" clause of the Fair Use doctrine currently upheld by United States law. (17 U.S.C. § 107) 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
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Licensing

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,
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. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:WikiProject Comics/copyright for more information.
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Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
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	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	19:00, 4 December 2020		257 × 387 (144 KB)	DatBot (talk \| contribs)	Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
	10:26, 28 November 2020	No thumbnail	340 × 511 (68 KB)	Andrew Davidson (talk \| contribs)	{{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...

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