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The front of the box for the Nintendo 64 game Perfect Dark (U.S.). Copyright is owned by Rare.

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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.

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[edit] Rational of fair use for Perfect Dark

The image Image:Perfect dark box.jpg is being linked here; though the picture is originally copyright, I (Soo 10:47, 8 April 2006 (UTC)) feel it is covered by fair use because:

The image is of lower resolution than the original screenshot (copies made from it will be of inferior quality).
No free or public domain images equivalent can be found, because this is the original artwork.
The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the video game in any way.
The image is being used for informational purposes only, and its use is not believed to detract from the original game in any way.