File:Legend of zelda cover (with cartridge) gold.png

Summary[edit]

The Legend of Zelda (NES) box art. Image was acquired from The Cover Project.

Licensing[edit]

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:Legend_of_zelda_cover_(with_cartridge)_gold.png true

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Fair Use Rationale[edit]

Rationale for the fair use of this image in the article The Legend of Zelda (1986 video game)

• The cover is used to represent a well known and significant video game
• This image has been used in several websites, and so use on Wikipedia does not make it significantly more accessible or visible than it already is
• The image is being used in an informative way and should not detract from the game
• The image does not limit Nintendo's ability to sell the game