Summary

Fair use in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Scan of the front cover of the UK paperback edition (the original edition) of the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. Printed in a "Commemorative Edition" after the author's death in 2001.

This cover can also be found in Canada.

Fair use rationale:

While this image is being used in the article about the book, it is also being used in a lead article about the different versions and history of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it is also being used in the article about its author. It is believed that such use, illustrating the first printed version of this famous work, does not infringe on the copyright of the book's publisher, Pan Books.

Fair use in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (novel)

Scan of the front cover of the UK paperback edition (the original edition) of the novel The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. Printed in a "Commemorative Edition" after the author's death in 2001.

This cover can also be found in Canada.

Fair use rationale:

While this image is being used in the article about the book, it is also being used in a lead article about the different versions and history of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and it is also being used in the article about its author. It is believed that such use, illustrating the first printed version of this famous work, does not infringe on the copyright of the book's publisher, Pan Books.

Licensing

This image is of book cover(s), and the copyright for it is most likely owned either by the artist who created the cover(s) or the publisher of the book(s). It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of book covers to illustrate an article discussing the book in question on the GSD wiki, hosted on servers in the United States, qualifies as non-free use under the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on this wiki or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See GSD:Non-free content for more information. Fair use https://www.thegoonshow.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=File:H2G2_UK_front_cover.jpg true