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[edit] Summary

Title page screenshot of the 1982 game "Alien" by Avalon Hill.

[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}}.

[edit] Fair use rationale

Use of this copyrighted image in the article Alien (Avalon Hill) is believed to be fair use on the grounds that:

The use of the image will not affect the value of the original work or limit the copyright holder's rights or ability to distribute the original
Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the game
It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value
The image is a small portion of the commercial product
It is significant in that it will increase understanding of the article and prevent ambiguity - at least two other games share this title and numerous games have a similar title

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current	23:13, 27 February 2008	560×384 (14 KB)	Eradicator (Talk \| contribs)	(Title page screenshot of the 1982 game "Alien" by Avalon Hill. This screenshot is being used to help identify and describe the game for Wikipedia.)