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Summary

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Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free book cover true for Lobsang Rampa
Description

This is the front cover art for the book Lobsang rampa.ogg written by Lobasang Rampa. The book cover art copyright is believed to belong to the publisher, Corgi Books, or the cover artist, Unknown.

Source

May be found at the following website: N/A.

Article

Lobsang Rampa

Portion used

The entire front cover. Because the image is a book cover, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image.

Low resolution?

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original book cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.

Purpose of use

Other. 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. Provide a visual identification of the literay work mentioned in the linked article. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original work, namely the book cover creator's ability to provide book cover design services and in turn marketing books to the public.

Replaceable?

As a book cover, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the book would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary.

Other information

Use of the book cover in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Lobsang Rampa//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rampa_greywhiskers.jpgtrue

Rationale

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This is the cover of the 1971 Corgi edition of the book Living with the Lama. It is illustrating the article Lobsang Rampa and is mentioned in the text. No free image could be found conveying the same information.

Licensing

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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current04:47, 7 July 2017Thumbnail for version as of 04:47, 7 July 2017249 × 400 (24 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
20:45, 1 February 2007No thumbnail379 × 610 (89 KB)Ianmacm (talk | contribs)

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