File:Spaceoperacover.jpg

Summary

The use of this image in the article named / linked above is claimed as Fair use of copyrighted material in the Space Opera (role-playing game) article because:

1. it is a low resolution copy of a book cover;

2. the article named above concerns the publication in question;

3. the inclusion of the image in the named article makes a significant contribution to the article because it identifies the subject of the article;

4. no free version of the image is available that would serve the equivalent purpose;

5. the inclusion of the image in the named article does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the original publication in any way;

6. the image cannot be used to replace the original market role of the publication in question.

Licensing:

This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers

to illustrate an article discussing the book in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

qualifies as fair use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.
Fair use