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[edit] Summary

The image displays a player using the Egyptian god power "Meteor" against the invading Norse army. The power sends a meteor shower onto the opponents' army (in this case, the Norse). The image is one of many images released on the official website of the game. Other images similar to this image, that are also included on the official website can be found here.

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[edit] Fair-use rationales

[edit] Fair-use in Age of Mythology

This image is subject to copyright, however, its use constitute fair-use under United States laws for the following reasons:

1. The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the game;
2. Use of this image does not limit or prevent the license holders' ability to sell the game;
3. No substitute is available under a free license, nor could one be created that would provide the same information;
4. The image is a clear depiction of a battle going on during gameplay, and its inclusion in the article is crucial, as fighting tactics and battle are thoroughly discussed. To describe the many concepts depicted in the image using merely words would be very difficult, and would not contribute to the article much at all; and
5. The image is widely distributed across the Internet already, so its use on Wikipedia does not have much more of a significant impact on the license holders.

[edit] Fair-use in Age of Empires

This image is subject to copyright, however, its use constitute fair-use under United States laws for the following reasons:

1. The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the game;
2. Use of this image does not limit or prevent the license holders' ability to sell the game;
3. No substitute is available under a free license, nor could one be created that would provide the same information;
4. The image is a clear depiction of a battle going on during gameplay, and its inclusion in the article is crucial, as fighting tactics and battle are thoroughly discussed. To describe the many concepts depicted in the image using merely words would be very difficult, and would not contribute to the article much at all; and
5. The image is widely distributed across the Internet already, so its use on Wikipedia does not have much more of a significant impact on the license holders.

[edit] Fair-use in List of units in the Age of Mythology series

This image is subject to copyright, however, its use in List of units in the Age of Mythology series constitutes fair-use under United States laws for the following reasons:

1. The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the game at all;
2. Use of this image does not limit or prevent the license holders' ability to sell or profit from the game in anyway;
3. No substitute is available under a free license, nor could one be created that would provide the same information;
4. The image is depicting a battle going on during gameplay, and shows many different units that players can have in the game. As this image will be included in an article listing units in the Age of Mythology games, this image is crucial to the article, and provides a lot of information about the game that could not be demonstrated using plain text;
5. The image is widely distributed across the Internet already (as it was included in the license holders' press-kit on their website), so its use on this particular Wikipedia article does not have much more of a significant impact on the license holders; and
6. As Wikipedia is a free 501(c)(3) tax-deductible nonprofit charity, its use in this particular article will not be for any commercial purposes.

[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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