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Screenshot of Windows Live Search Center v1.0.0200 beta. Source: http://www.wssdemo.com/blog/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=198

This software is copyrighted, but its screenshot is being used in the Windows Search and Windows Search articles here under U.S. fair use laws, because:

• it helps to visually identify the software; in that sense it furthers the goal of providing verifiable information.
• it does not limit, nor does it claim to, limit the rights of the copyright holder.
• it does not, in any way, assist in illegal reproduction of the software or any other things covered by the license of the software.
• it is being used for informational purposes.
• it is not a free software, so a free equivalent cannot exist.
• the software was cancelled before a public release, so self-made shots cannot be provided.

The rationale applies to both the screenshot of the software as well as the content visible in the shot of the software.

This image is a screenshot of a copyrighted web page, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the owner of the website. It may also contain trademarked logos, which are likely not affiliated with Wikipedia. It is believed that the use of a limited number of such screenshots for identification and critical commentary relating to the website 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 the copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

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