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Media data and Non-free use rationale
Description Two screenshots to compare the art/style assets of EA's "The Sims Social" and Zynga's "The Ville".
Author or
copyright owner
EA (per their court filing). Zynga would own the copyrights on the elements of "The Ville" screenshot, while "The Sims Social" is under EA
Source (WP:NFCC#4) EA's lawsuit documents for EA vs Zynga ([1])
Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) Video game clone
Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) The comparison is to accompany soucred discussion of copyright applied to video games and specifically to EA's lawsuit against Zynga over the two games in question. EA (and industry pundits) point to the similarities in art and style between the two games as reasons for copyright concerns though courts have ruled previously that gameplay elements can't be copyrighted.
Not replaceable with
free media because
(WP:NFCC#1)
Game screenshots, no likely free replacement
Not replaceable with
textual coverage because
(WP:NFCC#1)
Visual comparison of art style cannot be easily described by text.
Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) Two screenshot comparisons, at a size reasonable to see the details between the games.
Respect for
commercial opportunities
(WP:NFCC#2)
Commerciable opporutunity of either game is not affected by single screenshots; comparison within lawsuit is directly sourced by EA
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Video game clone//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ea_vs_zynga_lawsuit_screenshot_comparison.jpgtrue

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