File:WC Privateer screenshot cockpit.PNG

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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. To patrollers and administrators: If this image has an appropriate rationale please append |image has rationale=yes as a parameter to the license template.

This image, "Image:WC Privateer screenshot cockpit.PNG" is used in the article "Wing Commander: Privateer" although it is subject to copyright. I (Bisco) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. it is a low resolution screenshot of a computer game and does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell the game in any way;
2. copies of the screenshot could not be used to make illegal copies of the game or game artwork;
3. the screenshot is significant because it is used to illustrate the game in the article above.

--Bisco 18:59, 10 November 2006 (UTC)