Summary
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| Description | Artwork for the Pokémon Raichu. |
|---|---|
| Author or copyright owner |
Ken Sugimori for Nintendo and The Pokémon Company |
| Source (WP:NFCC#4) | Original publication: Pokémon Sword and Shield Promotional Art Immediate source: https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokedex/raichu |
| Date of publication | November 15, 2019 |
| Use in article (WP:NFCC#7) | Raichu |
| Purpose of use in article (WP:NFCC#8) | For use in the infobox of the article dedicated to character as drawn by Ken Sugimori, the lead designer throughout the Pokemon franchise, to show the character as featured in highly visible promotional material. The image forms a core part of both the article's identity and the commentary on the character, a function which cannot be performed with text alone. |
| Not replaceable with free media because (WP:NFCC#1) |
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company own the copyrights to the game and its contents. No free replacement such as those on Wikimedia Commons could be obtained or made that would accurately depict the same information. |
| Minimal use (WP:NFCC#3) | Image is of the lowest resolution possible and should not impeded Nintendo's ability to generate revenue from the character. |
| Respect for commercial opportunities (WP:NFCC#2) |
The image does not limit the copyright holder's ability to sell or show media, or merchandise derived from said media, from which the character is known. |
| Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Raichu//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Raichu.pngtrue | |
Licensing
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This image is an illustration of a character or characters in a comic book, video game, or animated television program or film. The copyright for it is most likely held by either the publisher/producer and/or artist(s) producing the work in question. It is believed that the use of low-resolution images of character artwork:
- for commentary on the character or characters in question,
- where no free equivalent is available or could be created that would adequately give the same information,
- on the English-language Wikipedia, hosted on servers in the United States by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation,