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File:Common face of one euro coin.jpg

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Summary

Non-free media information and use rationale for euro
Description

Common (or European) side of a €1 coin. It is copyrighted by the European Union.
Source

http://www.civitas.org.uk/eufacts/graphics/euro.jpg
Article

euro
Portion used

Coin (one side)
Low resolution?

600 x 585 (low resolution is not required by the licence)
Purpose of use

To show readers what the coin actually looks like, in a manner than cannot be achieved by text
Replaceable?

It is impossible to show users of the encyclopedia what the common side of a euro coin looks like without using a photograph of a euro coin. The same copyright restrictions apply to the common side of all euro coins.

Licensing

NotCommons-emblem-copyrighted.svg The above image depicts the common face of a euro coin.

According to the Communication from the Commission on copyright protection of the common face design of the euro coins ( OJ C 318, 13.11.2001, p. 3):

  • The copyright on the design of the common face of euro coins belongs to the European Community (now the European Union) represented by the European Commission. The Commission assigns to each eurozone state all of the EU's copyrights as regards euro coins in that state's territory.
  • Reproduction in photographic form of the common face of euro coins is permitted by the Commission and by each eurozone state, provided that such reproductions are "faithful likeness and are used in ways which do not damage or detract from the image of the euro."

It is believed that the use of a photograph of a euro coin which retains an exact depiction of that coin, for the purpose of illustrating what the coin looks like is consistent which the licence detailed in the above Communication.

This is a non-free license for the purpose of Wikipedia. However, it is believed that the use of this work:

  • To illustrate the object in question
  • Where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information
  • On the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,
qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content and Wikipedia:Copyrights.
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