only the mefi link loads for me

Hmm. The waxy link works okay for be, but slowly. kindofbloop.com is also slow--he may be getting some traffic as a result of this story.

Another link: to Jay Maisel, the photographer who took the photo for the original album cover.

And a Mefi post.

I'm all for fair use, but that's basically just a straight lift.

Looks like everyone got what they wanted. Waxy got to use someone else's art, got a little publicity. Meisel got some money, and got to maintain his "artistic integrity" by not actually granting the license.

I think he should have used the 9th iteration shown here for the cover, anyway:

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More stylized, and probably less actionable.

I really don't go for this sort of thing. I can see where everyone is coming from, on all sides. Problem is that there's just way to much hubris all around here.