File:StevieRayVaughanTexasFlood.jpg

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Description The cover art for the Stevie Ray Vaughan album Texas Flood
Author or
copyright owner
Brad Holland
Source (WP:NFCC#4) http://drawger.com/holland/?article_id=14029
Date of publication 1983
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Stevie Ray Vaughan
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) To support encyclopedic discussion of this work in this article. The illustration is specifically needed to support the following point(s):
  • The cover artwork was done by illustrator Brad Holland, taken from an original photograph by Texan drummer George Rains. Holland, one of the most important American illustrators of his generation, is perhaps best known for his artwork in Playboy magazine and The New York Times.(Hopkins, Craig (2011). Stevie Ray Vaughan: Day by Day, Night After Night—His Final Years, 1983-1990. Backbeat. ISBN 978-1-61774-022-0. Page 21)
  • In the end, the Epic art department hired illustrator Brad Holland to paint a likeness of Stevie from a photograph. (Patoski, Joe Nick; Crawford, Bill (1993). Stevie Ray Vaughan: Caught in the Crossfire. Little, Brown and Company. ISBN 978-0-3161-6068-1. Page 159)
Not replaceable with
free media because
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Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)
  • Only one file of non-free content is used in the section to convey the significant visual information.
  • The image is medium-resolution/fidelity/bit rate.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
The medium resolution (740 × 717 pixels, file size: 521 KB) is not of a high enough quality that it could compete with the copyright holder's commercial interest.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Stevie Ray Vaughan//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StevieRayVaughanTexasFlood.jpgtrue

Licensing[edit]

Fair use in Texas Flood[edit]

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

  1. It's a medium resolution copy of a CD/album cover.
  2. It doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the CD/album in any way, in fact, it may encourage sales.
  3. Because of the medium resolution, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another CD.
  4. The image is itself a subject of discussion in the article or used in the infobox thereof.
  5. The image on the cover is significant because it was made for a famous artist.

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:02, 11 May 2015Thumbnail for version as of 06:02, 11 May 2015321 × 311 (18 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
22:43, 21 April 2014No thumbnail740 × 717 (522 KB)Blueslova (talk | contribs)Image is defined with more clarity and sharpness, as well as color adjusted.
19:19, 26 December 2007No thumbnail300 × 300 (24 KB)Spellcast (talk | contribs)lower resolution
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