File:Gta3-pc-stealing.jpeg
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Gta3-pc-stealing.jpeg (300 × 225 pixels, file size: 21 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Summary[edit]
A screenshot Grand Theft Auto III (PC version), stealing a car. Image obtained by User:ZS.
Licensing: Fair use for Grand Theft Auto III[edit]
This image is a screenshot from a video game, and its copyright is most likely held by the game's publisher or developer. It is believed that the use of low-resolution screenshots
constitutes fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gta3-pc-stealing.jpeg true | |||
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The author asserts that the image qualifies fair use for the following reasons:
- Rockstar North and Rockstar Games have not release game screenshots into public domain.
- The image is necessary to describe the appearance the game's gameplay and graphics; nothing else.
- The screenshot is not intended to hinder the copyright owner's ability to sell the game.
- This image is a screenshot and thus immediately falls in fair use.
Non-free use in Grand Theft Auto clone[edit]
The use of this image is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:
- Rockstar Games has released no such images into the public domain, and a replacement image could not be created that would adequately provide the same information.
- It is a low resolution screenshot of a video game.
- It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the video game in any way.
- The image is being used solely for informative purposes, as it serves to illustrate the game that popularized this genre.
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