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A Pit Worm, a Race X alien in the computer game Half-Life: Opposing Force. Image taken by ZS; original image was auto contrasted and desaturated 25%.

[edit] Licensing: Fair use for Race X

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qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. See Wikipedia:Fair use and fair use rationale.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

This is a screenshot of copyrighted computer software for Microsoft Windows, and the copyright for its contents is most likely held by the author(s) or the company that created the software. It is believed that the use of a limited number of web-resolution screenshots:

for identification of and critical commentary on the software in question
in the absence of a free alternative,
on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,

…qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Help:Image page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information.

The author asserts that the image qualifies fair use for the following reasons:

Valve Corporation or Gearbox Software not release location-specific images into public domain.
The image is necessary to describe the appearance of an Race X alien; nothing else.
The screenshot is not intended to hinder the copyright owner's ability to sell the game.
This image is a screenshot and thus immediately falls in fair use.

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(del) (cur) 18:57, 7 April 2006 . . ZS (Talk | contribs) . . 920×1024 (349,878 bytes) (== Summary == A Pit Worm, a Race X alien in the computer game ''Half-Life: Opposing Force''. Image taken by ZS; original image was auto contrasted and desaturated 25%. ==Licensing: Fair use for [[Race X)