Template:Non-free album cover
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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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Description
Note that this template should be used for covers from all types of audio recording releases, not just albums, despite the name of the template.
Usage
Usage is: {{Non-free album cover}}
The optional parameter |image has rationale=yes will stop the message box in the lower part of the template from being displayed. In this case the usage is: {{Non-free album cover|image has rationale=yes}}
See also
Either of the following templates may help, to state the rationale for non-free use. They do not replace this one but should be used in addition: