File:Ea vs zynga lawsuit screenshot comparison.jpg
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Summary[edit]
| Description | Two screenshots to compare the art/style assets of EA's "The Sims Social" and Zynga's "The Ville". |
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| Author or copyright owner |
EA (per their court filing). Zynga would own the copyrights on the elements of "The Ville" screenshot, while "The Sims Social" is under EA |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | EA's lawsuit documents for EA vs Zynga ([1]) |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Video game clone |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | The comparison is to accompany soucred discussion of copyright applied to video games and specifically to EA's lawsuit against Zynga over the two games in question. EA (and industry pundits) point to the similarities in art and style between the two games as reasons for copyright concerns though courts have ruled previously that gameplay elements can't be copyrighted. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Game screenshots, no likely free replacement |
| Not replaceable with textual coverage because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Visual comparison of art style cannot be easily described by text. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | Two screenshot comparisons, at a size reasonable to see the details between the games. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
Commerciable opporutunity of either game is not affected by single screenshots; comparison within lawsuit is directly sourced by EA |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Video game clone//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ea_vs_zynga_lawsuit_screenshot_comparison.jpgtrue | |
Licensing[edit]
  | 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
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. |
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