File:Alexkidd shinobi start.gif

Summary[edit]

This is a screenshot from Alex Kidd in Shinobi World.

Licensing[edit]

This image is a screenshot from a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution screenshots to visually identify the game in question on the English Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation, constitutes fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Alexkidd_shinobi_start.gif true

Fair use rationale[edit]

This image, Alexkidd shinobi start.gif, is believed to be covered by fair use laws, because:

1. No free or public domain images have been located for this video game.
2. The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the video game in any way.
3. The image is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the original video game in any way.
4. The information could not provided without this image.
5. The image is being used purely to illustrate an aspect of the article.

Copyright owned by Sega.

Screenshot of a retail video game come under fair use correct?