rules

studiodiscography.com tries to apply the following basic rules:
album cover artwork of official studio albums only

excluded are the following:
posthumous albums
live registrations
extended plays
(maxi-)singles
compilations
split albums
mix-tapes
bootlegs
10 inch
demos

media types:
primarily cd or lp
(12-inch or 33¹⁄₃ rpm)

Copyrighted images belong to their rightful owners (see source section of the page of the specific artist)

Though these images are subject to copyright, their use is covered by the US fair use laws because:

# It illustrates educational articles about the albums from which the cover illustrations were taken.

# The images are used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.

# The use of the covers will not affect the value of the original works or limit the copyright holder’s rights or ability to distribute the originals. In particular, copies of the images could not be used to make illegal copies of the album artwork on another sound carrier.

# These are a low resolution images.

# The images are only a small portion of the commercial product.

# They are not replaceable with uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted images of comparable educational value.

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