File:Commander Shepard.png

Licensing

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,

qualifies as fair use under United States copyright law. Any other uses of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Non-free content for more information.

Fair use rationale

Non-free media information and use rationale true for Commander Shepard
Description	Illustration of both default Commander Shepards, featured on the cover of Mass Effect 3 and other promotional material
Source	Cover of Mass Effect 3
Article	Commander Shepard
Portion used	Background of covers cropped and removed, focus is solely on characters
Low resolution?	Yes — it is a low resolution image that is inferior to the quality of the original image; the potential use of this image for illegal purposes is greatly reduced.
Purpose of use	The image is used to identify the character Commander Shepard, a subject of public interest. The significance of the image is to help the reader identify the character, assure the reader they have reached the right article containing critical commentary about the character, and illustrate the nature of the character in a way that words alone could not convey.
Replaceable?	No — there are no free versions of this image since the entire work is copyrighted and cannot be duplicated for free.
Fair useFair use of copyrighted material in the context of Commander Shepard//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Commander_Shepard.pngtrue