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Screenshot of the vintage computer game SimCity on Apple System 6.0

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This image qualifies as fair use in the article SimCity because:

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• It is not edited from the original screen shot in a way which would damage the reputation of SimCity.
• It is not replaceable with a free version, no in-game images of SimCity have been released as free.

This image qualifies as fair use in the article SimCity (series) because:

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• It is only used to illustrate the graphics and game-play of SimCity as a summary for an encyclopedic article covering the entire SimCity series.
• It is not edited from the original screen shot in a way which would damage the reputation of SimCity.
• It is not replaceable with a free version, no in-game images of SimCity have been released as free.

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