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|<font color=#000000>''This is a screenshot of a '''[[Wikipedia:Copyright|copyrighted]] computer or video game''', and the '''copyright''' for it is most likely held by the companies responsible for developing and published the game, such as [[wikipedia:Game Freak|Game Freak]], [[wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] and [[wikipedia:The Pokémon Company|The Pokémon Company]]. It is believed that the use of a '''limited number''' of '''web-resolution''' screenshots for '''identification and critical commentary on the computer or video game in question''' or '''the copyrighted character(s) depicted on the screenshot in question''' qualifies as '''[[Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]''' under [[Wikipedia:United States copyright law|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 turn a profit in this context''', and presents ideas that '''cannot be exhibited otherwise'''. See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Copyrights|Copyrights]] and [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Image description page#Fair use rationale|fair use rationale]]. Some images not designed by the developers, such as [[glitch Pokémon]] sprites (not including intentionally designed [[placeholder]] sprites), may not be subject to copyright.</font>