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First post, by keenerb

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Say, a screencapture of Ultima VI in a coffee table art book?

It seems to me that it would be "transformative" and a protected use.

Reply 1 of 2, by thp

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Ask Bitmap Books, they publish coffee table books with artwork from old games all the time: https://www.bitmapbooks.com/

Reply 2 of 2, by keen

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Just a note, I am not a lawyer and none of this constitutes as legal advice, but magazines about video games such as nintendo power are decades old. They wouldn't exist if a mere screenshot of a video game was enough to get sued. And reviewers or those meant to be sharing for educational purposes are protected by fair use for commentary or to be informative. What exactly are you planning? It would change the context depending on what you plan on doing it.