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In-game screenshot of racing computer and video game Need for Speed: Most Wanted (PC, 2005), featuring a standard Sprint race against three other opponents. The player's car is an Aston Martin DB9 intended to appear as a sleeper car. Image obtained by ZS.

[edit] Licensing: Fair use for Need for Speed (series) & Need for Speed: Most Wanted

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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.

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(del) (cur) 15:38, 7 September 2006 . . ZS (Talk | contribs) . . 800×640 (182,918 bytes) (Updating with smaller version (800px) for accommodation of fair use policy, and a sleeper Aston Martin to demonstrate the lack of importance on the cars' outward modification in the game.)
(del) (rev) 11:03, 30 January 2006 . . ZS (Talk | contribs) . . 1280×1024 (339,499 bytes) (Replace to version with less brightness and use of HDRR; this would help distinct this screenshot with the police pursuit screenshot.)
(del) (rev) 11:54, 27 January 2006 . . ZS (Talk | contribs) . . 1280×1024 (417,168 bytes) (Replacing placeholder; presenting standard race with customized cars.)
(del) (rev) 14:16, 3 January 2006 . . ZS (Talk | contribs) . . 1280×1024 (321,622 bytes) (== Summary == In-game screenshot of racing computer and video game ''Need for Speed: Most Wanted'' (PC, 2005). Image obtained by ZS. Pictured is an introductory race in th)