File:DoTheMashedPotatoes.jpg

Cover of the 1960 single "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes", recorded by James Brown under a pseudonym.

Image source: eBay.com

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 solely to illustrate the audio recording 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, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information. Fair use //wiki.riteme.site/wiki/File:DoTheMashedPotatoes.jpg true

To the uploader: Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples. This tag should only be used for covers of audio recording releases. Either of the following may be helpful for stating the rationale: Template:Album rationale or Template:Non-free use rationale album cover. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

• The label image is used to represent a single, "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes", recorded by a famous musician, James Brown
• This image has been used in several websites, and so its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is
• The image is being used merely in an informative way and should not detract from the single or song
• The image is of low resolution
• The image does not limit the performer or record company's ability to sell the song or single
• The only purpose of the image is to help describe the single "(Do the) Mashed Potatoes" and no other purpose

If this rationale is not adequate, please tell me specifically what is wrong with it before moving to delete the file and I will try to improve it. Or feel free to fix it yourself. InnocuousPseudonym 04:29, 4 June 2007 (UTC)