I have created a gaming app that displays information on video games and 
integrates with the main website. Each page includes a small 200x150 image 
for the game wallpaper on each page for the game. I have submitted the app 
and i got rejected on the grounds that "your app contains official images 
in the app activity.". This is true, but it is no different to the content 
of 100s of other apps. In fact there are already 2 similar apps on the 
store that are from independent, non official developers that have similar 
content. In fact both of them contain official game images in the 
screenshots of the app on the store. There are thousands of video games out 
there, it is completely impossible to get permission from all these 
developers to use the box art. How is it that these other apps have been 
able to get past any copyright infringement issues, yet i seem to be stuck 
with some stringent copyright rules that are very unrealistic. As far as i 
am aware, thumbnails fall under fair use. The resolution of the images 
being used are so small that they have to be considered thumbnails. 

I have tried to appeal this using the same argument above, but I cant see 
it being successful. Where do i stand with this? Other apps are on the 
store doing similar things to my app. All of the images being used are 
stored on a web server not within the APK itself. The app file contains no 
content other than code. All images and information are pulled from a 
server that I maintain. Is this something i could use to get past the 
rejection? Is there some other shortcut that i do now know of that other 
people are using to get around these copyright issues?

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