File:Alien 1982-title.gif

Summary

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

Licensing

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

to visually identify the game in question
on the English Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

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

To the uploader:

Please add a detailed non-free use rationale for each article the image is used in, which must also declare compliance with the other parts of the non-free content criteria, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.
For example non-free use rationales, see Wikipedia:Use rationale examples.
This tag should only be used for video game screenshots.
Either of the following may be helpful for stating the rationale: Template:Game rationale or Template:Non-free use rationale video game screenshot.

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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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