File:Half-Life 2 cover.jpg

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Summary[edit]

Non-free media information and use rationale – non-free video game cover or boxart true for Half-Life 2
Description

This is the cover art for Half-Life 2. The cover art copyright is believed to belong to Valve
Half-Life 2 box art for Microsoft Windows, featuring Gordon Freeman and City 17 in the background. Aside from this image, there are two other versions that feature Alyx Vance and the G-Man instead.

Source

May be found at the following website: https://www.half-life.com/en/halflife2

Article

Half-Life 2

Portion used

The entire cover: because the image is cover art, a form of product packaging, the entire image is needed to identify the product, properly convey the meaning and branding intended, and avoid tarnishing or misrepresenting the image.

Low resolution?

The copy is of sufficient resolution for commentary and identification but lower resolution than the original cover. Copies made from it will be of inferior quality, unsuitable as artwork on pirate versions or other uses that would compete with the commercial purpose of the original artwork.

Purpose of use

Main infobox. The image is used for identification in the context of critical commentary of the work for which it serves as cover art. It makes a significant contribution to the user's understanding of the article, which could not practically be conveyed by words alone. The image is placed in the infobox at the top of the article discussing the work, to show a primary visual image associated with the work, and to help the user quickly identify the work and know they have found what they are looking for. Use for this purpose does not compete with the purposes of the original artwork, namely the creator providing graphic design services to relevant concerns and video game marketing to the public. 

Replaceable?

As cover art, the image is not replaceable by free content; any other image that shows the packaging of the item in question would also be copyrighted, and any version that is not true to the original would be inadequate for identification or commentary. 

Other information

Use of the cover art in the article complies with Wikipedia non-free content policy and fair use under United States copyright law as described above.

Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Half-Life 2//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Half-Life_2_cover.jpgtrue

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File history

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Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current08:20, 29 June 2020Thumbnail for version as of 08:20, 29 June 2020269 × 370 (105 KB)Goszei (talk | contribs)Minor color/artifact correction
00:03, 27 November 2019No thumbnail269 × 369 (16 KB)DatBot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
12:34, 26 November 2019No thumbnail400 × 550 (44 KB)IceWelder (talk | contribs)Update, logoless
06:15, 22 December 2017No thumbnail264 × 376 (28 KB)Theo's Little Bot (talk | contribs)Reduce size of non-free image (BOT - disable)
08:30, 14 August 2011No thumbnail300 × 428 (67 KB)Klow (talk | contribs)readding a version without the PC Gamer rating, from my original PSD
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