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[edit] Fair use in Major League Baseball 2K8

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

It illustrates educational articles about the game from which the cover illustration was taken.
The use of the cover will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original. In particular, copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the game.
It is a low resolution image.
The image is only a big portion of the commercial product.
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

JAF1970 (talk) 06:01, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Licensing

This is a screenshot of a non-free copyrighted video or computer game, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the company or person that developed the game. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots

for identification and critical commentary on
- the computer or video game in question or
- the copyrighted character(s) or item(s) depicted on the screenshot in question
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, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. See Wikipedia:Non-free content.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

Note: This tag should not be used for screenshots of free software; use the license tag corresponding to the software's license instead, optionally alongside {{Free screenshot}}.

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current	06:01, 28 February 2008	480×270 (107 KB)	JAF1970 (Talk \| contribs)	(=== Fair use in Major League Baseball 2K8 === Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because: # It illustrates educational articles about the game from which the cover illustration was taken. # The use )