File:Jimmy martin.jpg

This is the cover art for the album Don't Cry to Me by the artist Jimmy Martin. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to the label, Thrill Jockey Records, or the graphic artist(s).

The cover art can be obtained from Thrill Jockey Records.

Jimmy Martin

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.

Artist (dead). 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. In particular, the image is used as the most appropriate way to illustrate a musician who is no longer alive, by showing the album cover chosen for a retrospective compilation album. 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.. 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. In its other role, as an image of the artist, it could perhaps be replaced by another type of image, if such an image could be found.

Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under the copyright law of the United States as described above.