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This image is cover art for a video or computer game, and the copyright for it is most likely owned by either the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of game cover art

to illustrate the packaging of the game in question
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

constitutes fair use under United States copyright law. Other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, might be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

Usage:

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{{Non-free game cover|Macintosh|Linux|Windows}}

{{Non-free game cover|Macintosh}}

or just

{{Non-free game cover}}

if the platform is unknown.

[edit] Fair use rationale for use in Age of Mythology

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

This image has been used in several websites, and so use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is;
The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the game;
Use of this image does not limit or prevent the license holders' ability to sell the game;
The image is being used solely for the illustration and identification of Age of Mythology;
No substitute is available under a free license, nor could one be created that would provide the same information; and
The image shows the cover of the game in a way that no free-image could.

[edit] Fair use rationale for use in Age of Empires

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

This image has been used in several websites, and so use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is;
The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the game;
Use of this image does not limit or prevent the license holders' ability to sell the game;
The image is being used solely for the illustration and identification of Age of Mythology within the article Age of Empires
No substitute is available under a free license, nor could one be created that would provide the same information; and
The image shows the cover of the game that indirectly forms part of the series in a way that no free-image could.
The Image is to be displayed at a very small size/resolution (60px)