Summary

William Gibson's Neuromancer: The Graphic Novel. Epic Comics 1989. art by Bruce Jensen

Fair use for Neuromancer

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

1. It is of much lower resolution than the original (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
2. The image is only being used for informational purposes and will not interfere with commercial use by the copyright owner.
3. It is an image of the graphic novels's cover, in Neuromancer, an article about the book which mentions the derived graphic novel as well
4. The image is not replaceable by any freely licensed image.

GhePeU 13:01, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

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