This template is an image copyright template. It is used to request a non-free use rationale for a cover image of a copyrighted video.

When this template is applied without an image category:

{{Non-free video cover| image has rationale=yes}}

the page is automatically sorted into Category:Images of video covers, which has several subcategories. To sort a file into a subcategory, use the template with an image category included:

{{Non-free video cover | image has rationale=yes | Anime video covers}}