File:Civilization box cover.jpg

Summary
Copyrighted box art for Civilization, scanned by User:Stan Shebs.

Fair use rationale for Civilization (1980 board game) article
This copyrighted image is used in the English-language Wikipedia article "Civilization (1980 board game)." The manner of said use constitutes a "fair use" under United States copyright law. Specifically:
 * 1) The English-language Wikipedia is a project of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit charitable organization.
 * 2) The article for which this use occurs is purely educational in nature and, thus, is non-commercial.
 * 3) The sole purpose of this use of the copyrighted image is to illustrate the board game in question.
 * 4) Said image is the primary means of visual identification of the main topic of the article.
 * 5) The image is used only once in the article, and is used in a section or "information box" that is neutral in tone.
 * 6) The cover artwork for the game box is not the actual "content" specifically being sold by the owner of the image.
 * 7) The market for the original board game product will not be diminished by this use of the image. In fact, this use is likely to encourage the increased legitimate sales of said game.
 * 8) Because the image is provided at a low resolution inappropriate for re-printing the game box, its usage on Wikipedia does not pose a problem of aiding the illegal production of counterfeit goods, or make it so that the copyright holder could not in the future successfully re-sell the image as a print or poster on its own.
 * 9) Since it is copyrighted game box artwork, the image is not replaceable with a "free content" image.
 * 10) 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.


 * Copyright in artwork likely held by Hasbro, its subsidiaries or the individual graphic artists responsible.