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This is the cover art for the album Welcome Back by the artist Mase. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Bad Boy Records, or the graphic artist(s).
* Cover art for the album Welcome Back by Mase

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Welcome Back (Mase album)

The entire cover: because the image is cover art, 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.

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original 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.

Main infobox. 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. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show the primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the artist's providing graphic design services to music concerns and in turn marketing music to the public.

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

• Copyright held by Bad Boy Records

Although this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the United States fair use laws because:

• It's a low resolution copy of the original album's cover.
• Use of the image doesn't limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the album in any way, but in fact may encourage sales.
• Because of its low resolution copies of it could not be used to make any illegal copies of the image.
• Its sole use is to identify the album in question within the article.
• The image is significant because it was, and is, used to promoted the album.