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Description	Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain and wife Courtney Love showed off four-month-old Frances Bean Cobain on this Spin Magazine December 1992 cover.
Author or copyright owner	Spin Magazine
Source (WP:NFCC#4)	www.spin.com/spin20extra/2008/03/spin20_kurt
Date of publication	December 1992
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7)	Spin (magazine)
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8)	to serve as the primary means of visual identification at the top of the article dedicated to the work in question.
Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1)	n.a.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3)	*Image is a scan therefore less quality than actual cover. The image does not limit the copyright holders' ability to market the magazine in any way.
Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2)	n.a.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Spin (magazine)//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Spin_Magazine_Cover.pngtrue

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