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[edit] Summary

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
Description	Sonic the Hedgehog's early design
Source	Sonic Art Archive
Article	Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
Portion used	All of the image is copyrighted
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	Illustrates Sonic's early design
Replaceable?	No, unless it is the same image at a smaller size.

[edit] Licensing

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for commentary on the character or characters 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. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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