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Box art for Resident Evil Code: Veronica. Source: [1]

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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.

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

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

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[edit] Rationale of fair use for Resident Evil Code: Veronica, Resident Evil (series)

No free or public domain images have been located for this video game.
The image is of lower resolution than the original cover.
The image does not limit the copyright owners' rights to distribute the single in any way.
For an article about a video game, the cover artwork is very important and adds significantly to the article.
This image is used on various websites, so its use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible than it already is.
The cover is being used for informational purposes only.