File:Red Alert (screenshot).jpg

Though this image is subject to copyright, its use is covered by the U.S. fair use laws because:

1. It is a low resolution copy of a screenshot for an obsolete product of historical relevance.

2. It does not limit the copyright owner's rights to sell their current products in any way.

3. Copies could not be used to make illegal copies of the product.

4. The sole purpose of this use of the copyrighted image is to illustrate the game in question.

5. The image is used as the primary means of visual identification of the article topic.

6. It is not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value.

7. The image is not used in such a way that a reader would be confused into believing that the article is produced, sponsored, or authorized by the owner of the image.

8. The image is used only once in the article, and is used in a section that is neutral in tone.

9. The image is not "content" specifically being sold by the publisher of the media.

This image is a screenshot from 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 screenshots 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 the Copyright law of the United States. Any other uses of this image may be copyright infringement. For more information, see Wikipedia:Non-free content. Fair use //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Red_Alert_(screenshot).jpg true

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.

Image source and creator: International Arcade Museum.