File:Penguin land.png

North American box art for the game Penguin Land

It is believed that the use of this image on the English-language edition of Wikipedia, specifically, the articles Penguin Land qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law because:

1. It is used on Penguin Land solely to illustrate the product in question, in this case, the Penguin Land. video game, made by Sega.
2. It does not inhibit or decrease Sega's ability to sell its product.
3. An equivalent image has not been released into the public domain by the copyright holder.
4. A freely licensed or public domain image displaying the same information could not be created without infringing on copyrights.
5. The image is not being used to generate profit.

This image is cover art for 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 images of game cover art 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 United States copyright law. Other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Penguin_land.png true

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