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[edit] Summary

Non-free / fair use media rationale for Gex (video game)
Description	Screenshot from GEX gameplay
Source	Screenshot from in-game
Article	Gex (video game)
Portion used	Single image
Low resolution?	Yes
Purpose of use	Illustration of imagery/elements of a video game in the article about that game.
Replaceable?	Copyrighted game, no free image exists.
Other information	The article for which this use occurs is purely educational in nature and, thus, is non-commercial. The this image is not the "content" specifically being sold by the publisher of the media. The market for the original game product will not be diminished by this use of the image. In fact, this use is likely to encourage the increased legitimate sales of said games. Digital versions of this image have been previously published on numerous websites, so this use on Wikipedia does not make the image significantly more accessible.

[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}}.