Wikipedia:Media copyright questions/Archive/Archive 11

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Brazilian government

I have received a message that I need to apply a tag indicating the copyright of the image Image:Bairros-regionaisBH.jpg. Images produced by the Brazilian federal government, the states or municipalities are automatically in the public domain, but there is no tag for that. How do I proceed? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Macgreco (talk • contribs).

I just created {{PD-BrazilGov}} (based on the commons template) - but it doesn't apply in this case - can you link to somewhere stating that government or municipal works are public domain ? Megapixie 03:53, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I believe that tag is incorrect. The law cited in the tag is not about copyrights, but trademarks. These are two different issues. Just because some work is not eligible for trademark does not mean that it is not copyrightable. The law governing copyright is here: [1] and I can find nothing that states that all works of the Brazilian government is PD. See article 8. The texts of laws and so forth cannot be copyrighted, but nothing is said about images. Article 6 prohibits the government from taking the copyright of works it subsidizes, but that just means they remain with the actual author. I can find nothing to support either the claim made by the tag or that made by Macgreco. If he knows where this law exists, he should point it out. TCC (talk) (contribs) 04:35, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Hmmm digging around pt - you would seem to be correct - there is no tag for it in pt.Category:Image Tags. Goes to show you - just because you have a template on commons with hundreds of images assigned to it - doesn't mean that it's right. Megapixie 05:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Resolution for images with permission

Does WP:FUC #3 apply when the image is being used with permission? I noticed Image:NoTimeForLove.jpg was tagged with {{fairusereduce}}, but it appears that the image is being used with permission from the label. ShadowHalo 07:39, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

The problem appears to be that it was incorrectly tagged from the beginning. The uploader used {{db-noncom}}, which would indicate that if we could use it at all it would only be under some theory of fair use. But the permission granted on the website appears compatible with {{attribution}}. I have altered the description page accordingly and reverted the image to the higher-res version. TCC (talk) (contribs) 08:10, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I hadn't thought to check the source. Thanks! ShadowHalo 08:23, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

The terms of use make no mention of commercial use or derivative use. {{attribution}} is wrong. Jkelly 17:50, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Okay, I've reverted it to the low resolution version and tagged it with {{fair use reduced}}. In future cases, is it permissible to use a larger resolution image when permission is given? ShadowHalo 17:58, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

The only case I would do that is when the copyright holder explicitly asks us to. This does happen with logos sometimes. Jkelly 18:03, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Actually, it just says "use":

You do not need to ask permission to use any press photos, live photos, logos, etc... In fact, we encourage you to use this stuff, so please, feel free. Please credit the photographers for any photos that you use. (emphasis mine).

There's no limitation specified on commercial or derivative use; in fact, "encourage" and "feel free" strongly imply the opposite. The only requirement given is attribution. I disagree with your analysis here. TCC (talk) (contribs) 21:49, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Rights are reserved unless specifically licensed away. If you are confident that they'll release the work for commercial and derivative use, please have them send mail to us at permissions AT wikimedia DOT org. You can find boilerplate requests here. Jkelly 21:52, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

I don't actually care that much; just expressing my disagreement. It seems to me that when rights are granted using very broad, nontechnical language like this, then it's merely copyright paranoia not to take them at their word. TCC (talk) (contribs) 22:02, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

So you're not volunteering to actually do the minimal amount of work to back up your opinion, you just want to be able to state it and then pathologise the disagreement? Thanks for clarifying that. Jkelly 00:05, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I didn't upload it, and I really have no interest in the subject matter. I just think that "you do not need to ask permission" means that we don't need to ask permission, and to interpret it as meaning something else is very much of a stretch. TCC (talk) (contribs) 01:04, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Question about a picture

Hello. I'm wondering what the appropriate tag is for a picture I found online of guitarist Tom Morello from his high school yearbook.

Source of image: http://www.metalsludge.tv/home/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=822&Itemid=39

Orbital Hitman 03:56, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Probably none. The high school yearbook, including the photographs, is presumably a copyrighted work. Unless you can make a case for fair use (I do not think this is likely), the image is not suitable for Wikipedia. In general, images you find on the WWW are not usable unless they are accompanied by information to the contrary. —xyzzy_n 12:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Government emblems

Image:New Bedford, MA Seal.jpg appears to have been deleted. It was used on the New Bedford article, presumably under a fair use rationale. Is there a way to tell why it was deleted? I want to replace it if possible, but don't want to repeat whatever problem lead to its deletion. Thanks. -- Siobhan Hansa 11:32, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

The log for the image says ‘Image with unknown copyright status as of 29 December 2006’. This probably means there was no copyright tag on the image page. —xyzzy_n 12:19, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks xyzzy. I didn't realize I needed "Image:" before the image name when searching the log. I'll try uploading again and puttin gin a fair use rationale. -- Siobhan Hansa 14:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Non-Comm question

Ok, I know of the policy regarding no non-commercial images, but I do not know the why. I can't find it on any policy page anywhere. I have a photographer on Flickr with some images I'd like to use. He has them CC-BY-SA-NC-2.0 and I was trying to get him to drop the non-commercial part. But he didn't like the idea of allowing them for commercial use and he questioned Wikipedia's intent. I do not know how to respond to that. Any advice?↔NMajdan•talk 16:30, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Basicaly Wikipedia can not use any license that forbid something that would is permited by the GNU Free Documentation License. The GFDL explicitly permits modification, distribution and use for any purpose (including commercial), so any license that forbid commercial use, or the making of derivative works or restrict use to just scertain audiences (educational use only etc) and things like that are simply not compatable, and is not considered free content. --Sherool (talk) 16:43, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

That makes sense. Thank you.↔NMajdan•talk 16:48, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

There's a very good essay about this at User:Fastfission/Noncommercial that discusses some concerns that people have when allowing their pictures for commercial/non-educational use. ShadowHalo 23:26, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Rajasaurus -2.jpg

What copyright tag should I use for this image? I also uploaded three more images that are from the same artist, with the same description, so I should use the tag for those too. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Benosaurus (talk • contribs) 15:16, 2 February 2007 (UTC).

The image in question is Image:Rajasaurus_-2.jpg. The artist, Todd Marshall, has communicated with Benosaurus, giving permission to use (on Wikipedia at least). J. Spencer 15:37, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright disputed

Hi. Could someone please review and resolve the dispute of the copyright status of the image [Lcurve.jpg]. I added the image with the permission of the institute where I found it, but it has been disputed by Bkell on 21 January. I don't quite understand what the problem is. I don't have enough experience in this to judge. Thanks. Billtubbs 18:29, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

This is being discussed at Wikipedia:Possibly_unfree_images#January_21. If we can demonstrate conclusively that this came from the United States Geological Survey, we might be confident saying that the Smithsonian is wrong, but it may be better to find an example that the Smithsonian isn't claiming copyright over. Do note that, in the future, one shouldn't be uploading "non-commercial / for educational use only" media here. Jkelly 18:52, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

How do I add a picture correctly?

How do I add a picture correctly so it is not removed from a page? Mufc13 22:20, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

If you are talking about Image:MHutch.jpg, you shouldn't be adding it to an article at all, as there is no indication that this photograph is licensed properly. See Wikipedia:Licensing for more information. The technical problem that you were having is that you were not getting the file name correct. Jkelly 22:28, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Moir photo

this is a picture that Rob gave me of himself for this page...It was also given to CBC and used on their elections profile page. Its actually his faculty picture with the University...basically, what I'm saying is that it is fair use

Rob Moir

Can you help as i dont understand this image tagging thing.--Mtminardi 22:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

You need to add {{rfu}} to the image description page. That will put it into the correct deletion queue. We don't want images of living people that are not freely licensed. Jkelly 22:25, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Why do I need to "indicate the source and creator of the image"?

Why do I need to "indicate the source and creator of the image" if it's a game cover, where do you think the bloody souce is! THE COVER OF THE GAME! And what does it matter who created them? It is only showing a cover of something, not something the someone made like a painting or a clipart, etc.! [2] Is there any way i can get them back, or do I need to upload them AGAIN! Adammw 07:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

When it comes to covers, there is still a source and creator, though they're a bit different than normal photographs. The source is the game itself, and the creator is usually the company that created the game and owns the copyright to the game. Take a look at Image:Ffviibox.jpg as an example. Did you specify both of these in the summary for the image (as opposed to the title)? If not, that may have been why the images were deleted. ShadowHalo 09:02, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Image

I uploaded an image of Cardinal Walter Kasper ( Image:Cardinalwkasper.jpg ) yesterday from www.catholicnews.com/jpii/cardinals/0502295.htm. This was my first time uploading an image on Wikipedia, and I don't even know where to look for any copyright information. Could you please help? __Tajm 19:47, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

In this case, scrolling down to the bottom of the page from which you took the image would have been enough: ‘Copyright (c) 2005 Catholic News Service/USCCB. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed.’ This means we cannot use that image on Wikipedia. However, we already have another image, Image:340px-Kardinal-kasper-moskau.jpg, which we can use. I have put it into the article. Is it a reasonable replacement? The image you uploaded will be deleted on or after February 9.

In general, please keep in mind that most images and other content are copyrighted by default and we cannot use them on Wikipedia unless the copyright holder explicitely grants the permission to use, copy, modify and sell the content. (There is the exception of fair use, but it does not apply in this case.) —xyzzy_n 21:07, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

I Got a Question

This picture is taken from online magazine [3].

I know the editor personally and she told me I can use any picture from her website as long as I put "Copyright: Azerbaijan International".

So, what should I do to avoid the speedy deletion of this photo? Thanks. --Zondi 02:30, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Whether the photograph is usable on Wikipedia depends on the exact permission for its use. This permission must be to display, copy, modify and sell the photograph and it must be granted not only to you or Wikipedia but to everybody. Please read Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for details on what must be permitted and how to make this permission verifiable for others. —xyzzy_n 03:16, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:1346468925 l.jpg

I have a question for Image:1346468925 l.jpg. What license is appropriate for the picture? This image is given out freely to promote this specific artist. It is from the poster for her winter concerts in Greece. It is given in press kits to the Greek media. If I wanted to, I could even get the same exact image, with the same exact look from a screen shot as the image is shown on TV just like that too. Any suggestions on what license is good for the image? Greekboy 03:43, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

The picture seems to be appropriately tagged with {{promotional}} and {{replaceable fair use}}. Promotional photos should be tagged with {{promotional}} or {{promophoto}}. In this case, it illustrates someone who appears to be alive today, making it ineligible for use on Wikipedia (see Wikipedia:Fair use for more information). ShadowHalo 03:48, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

If the person in the image is still alive and makes public appearances, it is almost certainly possible to get a free image. If the person is notable, it is even probable that somebody has already made a free image. I’d search, but I don’t know who the person in the image is. I recommend you search for a free image. You can also try to ask the copyright holder of the disputed image to release the image under a free licence; see Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission and Wikipedia:Example requests for permission#Formal_request_for_high-quality_publicity_image for information. —xyzzy_n 03:55, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Copyright Tag for MentoringAward2005.jpg ?

I have tried to comply with the rules, however, there appeared to be no appropriate "Copyright tag" description available on the pull-down menu.

I would very much appreciate knowing what to do next to have this accepted? And, could you please let me know via my talk page?

Based on my reading of rules and guidelines, I wrote the following concerning this image:

File:MentoringAward2005.jpg

Image created by Wikipedalist, creator and copyright holder of original medallion art pictured.

Fair use for article, McDonald Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Advising:

The image, MentoringAward2005.jpg, linked here is claimed to be used under "fair use - statue" since it is a photo of a three-dimensional work of art and only being used for informational purposes. Its inclusion in the article adds significantly to the article because it shows the subject of this article to the general public.

This is a two-dimensional representation of a copyrighted three-dimensional work of art. As such it is a derivative work of art, and, per US Copyright Act of 1976, § 106(2), who owns copyright of the original has the exclusive right to authorize derivative works. Per § 107 is it believed that reproduction for comment, teaching, scholarship and criticism constitutes fair use and does not infringe copyright.

It is believed that the use of a picture to illustrate the three-dimensional work of art in question or to discuss the artistic genre or technique of the work of art 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.

Thanks, Wikipedalist 20:36, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

{{statue}}?Night Gyr (talk/Oy) 03:55, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Tag for postage stamp with permission of Postal authorities

The Amputee soccer, stamp Salv-C546.jpeg was scanned 31 Jan 2007 by me from an original stamp. Specific permission to use images of El Salvador postage stamps for non-commercial educational, philatelic and cultural purposes is contained in an email message dated 11 January 2007 from Silvia María Orantes, Head of the Philatelic Office, Government of El Salvador. I had emailed her asking for this permission. For text, see: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stamps/Public_domain I believe the appropriate tag should be {{CopyrightedFreeUse}} since the stamp is not Public Domain, but permission for free use has been granted by the Salvadorian Postal Authorities. Jack Child 13:42, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

That license you gave doesn't exist. I think you mean {{copyrighted}}. Since they don't allow commercial use, we can only use it "With permission" and you probably would have picked {{Non-commercial from license selector}} in the dropdown box, which means we must use it under fair use, and not free. In order to use it as that you must license it as fair use (see {{Fairusein}}) and provide a rationale as to why we must have this image on Wikipedia. Looking as to how it's used I don't think you can provide a justification as to why we must have that image (stamp) on that article, as it seems to just be "Hey, this stamp image depicts this event", but the stamp doesn't seem too important to the article (ie, it appears Decorative under the fair use policy which is a bad thing). A rationale should explain this is not the case because..... Good luck! --MECU≈talk 17:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

I used the "Copyrighted:FreeUse" tage because I had run across it on a Wikipedia page some time back. But when I went back to find it I could not locate it, so I accept your point that it does not exist. It seems that the most appropriate tag would be the generic "Stamp" tag, with an explanation which provides a fair use rationale. I have done so. As far as your point that the stamp is "decorative", I don't agree. The significance of this stamp is that the problem of unmarked land mines in El Salvador (mainly the product of various conflicts in the 1980's) is such that the Government of El Salvador felt it necessary to issue a stamp to bring attention to the problem.Jack Child 23:22, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

glcyo pic

Had an image tagged by orphanbot as not having an appropriate tag or something like that. Reading through the information on this, I have no idea what the heck is going on. This is the image in question, and it's original source.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=glyco.figgrp.1703

Corvus.ag 06:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

Unfortunately, we cannot use this image. The page is hosted by a US Government site, but the material doesn't appear to be a work of the US Government. So unlike such works, its copyrighted, and the web page is marked accordingly. It's not eligible for fair use, because a free version of this diagram could be produced and released under a free license. With relatively little trouble too as such things go; it's not very sophisticated art.

For more guidance, start with WP:IUP and WP:ICT. TCC (talk) (contribs) 06:51, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

thanx. I'm still learning all of this, and its quite confusing. I have a software program that allows me to create images similar to this. If I use that to generate an image, should I reference the software?

--corvus.ag 20:29, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

You can if you want, just to give out details, but there's no need. howcheng {chat} 07:10, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Municipal/City government images

Copyright tags are given for images that are created by either the federal or state governments (and therefore are in the public domain), but I can't find any such tags for municipal or city-created images. Nightscream 14:34, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Most state and local governments hold the copyright for their works. Be very sure of an exception before you upload such a work. —xyzzy_n 21:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

I can't contact the webmaster for permission, and I'm not sure of copyright.

I'm trying to use Image:Rs-bosworth.jpg in my article on F. F. Bosworth.

I got the image from http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/hills/8335/bosbio.html

I emailed the "webmaster", Rev. Whatley, @ [email protected], but my email was returned, saying the domain does not exist. That's the only contact info I was able to find, though. I'm pretty sure the website is old and has not been updated in a long time. It's far from web 2.0...

Since it's a very old pic, I'm not sure what the rules are about images and copyright. Could someone help me out here? Or does someone know where I can just find another, safer image? Where do I go from here?

Nswinton 19:40, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Best bet is to contact them via snail mail (see [4] - explaining that you are looking to use the image on wikipedia and would like to know where it came from. It's likely to be pre-1923 - but may have been published later (making it more difficult). Megapixie 04:10, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Suburbanlegendslogo.gif

Regarding Image:Suburbanlegendslogo.gif, I don't really know what to add to the article. It's a logo. I obtained it from their old forum in early 2005. The forum was replaced in 2005. This logo appears on their drumset (un-italicized, without checkers) and on bumper stickers (in blue and yellow). --Lyght 03:27, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

If you can add a URL and the explaination of where it came from that might be helpful. Also it's needs a fairuse rationale, explaining why despite the image being copyright we can use it. See WP:IDP#Fair_use_rationale. Also the image should actually be used in an article. Megapixie 04:07, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Copyright of Image:George_Gately_Gallagher.jpg.

Hi, I am not sure of the copyright of the image uploaded to Image:George_Gately_Gallagher.jpg. The photograph is of a dead person. I had requested it from Peter Gallagher (Mr. Gately's nephew) who now owns Heathcliff inc, specifing that I need it for wikipedia arcticle on Mr. Gately. Please can you 1. Suggest a copyright tag that would be appropriate 2. How to get it under free license from Mr. Peter Gallagher.

Wikicrawler 09:15, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

I've replaced the deletion notice with {{fair use in}}. Has Peter Gallagher already given permission for its use on Wikipedia? If so, it may be helpful to include a quotation of his response on the page. If not, you can request that he release it freely by modifying one of the requests at Wikipedia:Example requests for permission. Although the image can be used even if it's not freely licensed, having it freely licensed would be helpful because we could then use the full resolution version. ShadowHalo 09:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Scar-L.jpg

I have no idea how to create an image tag that Wikipedia is trying to have me make for this image. I know it is like a copyright, but I don't know the format to use on Wikipedia. Could you at least provide me with an example of what to type and where to put it? I am new to Wikipedia and would love to help cite if I just knew how. This is the information I have on this image:

URL http://www.crysis-online.com/Media/Images/Concept/Concept/Concept-11.jpg AUTHOR Crysis-Online DATE ACCESSED February 3, 2007

Thanks for your help! --Buffonitaly 17:17, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

That’s a non-free copyrighted image. It cannot be used on Wikipedia except if there is a valid fair use rationale. If you choose to assert fair use, write a rationale on the image description page and then tag the image with {{fair use in}}, e. g. {{fair use in|Foo Bar gun XCV}}, where the parameter is the name of the article where the image is used. Please avoid images that are not free, especially if they are not crucial to an article or if it is possible to obtain a free image as a replacement. —xyzzy_n 17:38, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

{{windows-software-screenshot}}

Does this tag states that the use on an image is allowed only in english Wiki and is forbidden in other Wikis? --Vaya 19:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: The tag refers to a kind of fair use. This is a a set of exceptions to the usual copyright protection under United States law. However, most other countries do not make the same exceptions, so fair use is not allowed on many Wikipedia sites. It is generally discouraged because fair use content is non-free. See m:fair use for information on where fair use images are usable and be sure to read the policy pages on the various sites regarding this issue before you upload such images there. —xyzzy_n 20:25, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for explanation.--Vaya 21:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Image from apple.com

Hi. I just uploaded Image:Mitchell and Webb as Mac and PC.jpg for the section I added to Get a Mac on the UK version of the campaign. In response, I got a request for the copyright. What kind of copyright belongs on this image? It comes from apple.com. Thanks. - PGSONIC 20:47, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

It's a copyrighted image being used without explicit permission, so we have to use it under fair use. Make sure it conforms to the policy outlined in WP:FAIR. If it does, tag it with {{fair use in}}, and be sure to provide a detailed rationale as described in Help:Image page#Fair use rationale. TCC (talk) (contribs) 00:21, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Limit of fair use images

List of Virtual Dungeon monsters currently has 1-2 images for each "monster of the week" mosnter. Attempts to remove this before have resulted in reverts, mostly be anonymous users. Is this fair use, or does it violate copyright? And if it does violate copyright, can someone invoke IAR, kick some ass, and just outright delete these images? Hbdragon88 05:25, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Scary monsters, scary wiki-area. Checkout the currently inactive Wikipedia:Fair use/Fair use images in lists. There is no simple answer here. Two images per monster is almost certainly excessive. Wikipedia:WikiProject Fair use would probably be the right forum to discuss it. Megapixie 05:33, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Doubtful licence

Hello,

The images Image:Mrb-cricket.JPG and Image:Mrb.JPG were uploaded by User:Cricketguru originally with no source or licence information. When pushed, the user changed the licences to Public Domain asserting himself as the creator of the work. A brief look at the web suggested that the images came from cricinfo website (http://www.cricinfo.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/61500/61533.1.jpg here). The user went on to licence Image:Markbenson-heart.jpg as "private" which has now been tagged by OrphanBot. A suspected sock puppet of User:Cricketguru, User:Saintlaurence has uploaded Image:1995 championship.JPG which has been tagged with Public Domain, although OrphanBot has also tagged it.

I guess my question do any or all of these images violate copyright (i.e. the licence information provided by the user(s) is false), and if so, how to proceed? The Rambling Man 08:09, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

User:Saintlaurence has also uploaded Image:Markbensoncloser.JPG, claiming PD while User:Stephen Turner has correctly re-identified this as having no licence information. The Rambling Man 12:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Take it to Wikipedia:Copyright problems. Once it's in the process it stays there until an admin evaluates it. I've been having the same problems recently WP:CP#2007-02-06. Megapixie 05:35, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Political poster

Having recently been informed on my user page that Image:Poster against Paragraph 175.jpg was not properly tagged, I've done my best to bring it in line. I wonder if someone more knowledgable could take a look: it might be public domain (certainly no one would have registered copyright on such a simple poster design, and I have no idea whether, in West Germany in 1973, such a work would have been copyrighted by default (I suspect not). If it is not public domain, then it is certainly fair use in an article about the law the poster opposed. Does anyone see a better way to tag this? And as for the claim that it didn't specify source, I don't know how that could be clearer: we say (and said) what organization produced the poster in what year. - Jmabel | Talk 17:46, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm unaware of any West German requirement to register for copyright protection (ask User:Lupo about this), but the fair use tagging, use in article, and description are well within en's standards. I'm not sure what the problem might have been. Jkelly 17:52, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:General_Fugh.jpg

Someone uploaded an image of General Fugh (at Image:General_Fugh.jpg, and improperly listed it as available for non-commercial uses only. In fact, it is a work of the Federal Government and is freely licensed. I don't know how to change the tag, so perhaps someone with more experiance can help me out. Thanks, JCO312 20:27, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I've changed it to unsourced / no license information. Please provide verifiable authorship, source and copyright information. Thanks. Jkelly 20:44, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

JCO312 did provide a PD source, but it was for a similar image. Since I couldn’t find the image there (I searched), I uploaded the image given as the source by proxy. The main differences are the colour of the uniform and one star less (per side). —xyzzy_n 18:42, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Help for Copyright/ I'm confused.

Hi, i'm uploading screenshots from a video game to the articles im editing, and im having difficulty with I guess copyright? I dunno, I took the pictures myself, and I don't want to copyright them of anything, I'd like anyone to use them, people can take them and use them all they want. So do I need to do anything special? I've added the images and will be adding more, but I dunno how to say it's my picture, because I guess it gets deleted in a week if the source isn't presented, but when in the upload form, it gives me the source box but thats to put the image ON there, and then the summary is for the summary NOT for me to say "This is my own picture". I've read through all the stuff and stuff, but everythings so confusing.

The image location thinger is here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yugo_the_Wolf#King_of_Breaker

I can't tag it right to show that im the owner and I wanna give it full public access and whatever, what's the code so I can tag it correctly when I edit?

I also uploaded the image [[5]], is that all tagged rightly and such? And if not, whats the exact code I should use?

One I have these things down, im ALL set to continue...ughhhh Thanks in advance for help

I just wanna put the pictures(My own ones I took) in the articles and I don't want any hassle other than that. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Billy90009 (talk • contribs) 02:11, 8 February 2007 (UTC).

Billy90009 - To avoid the images being tagged you need to make sure you do the following:

• firstly the images should be tagged as {{game-screenshot}}
• You should state what the game is and screenshot is of i.e. Screenshot of the UK version of the Playstation 2 game "Grandtheft Auto", showing the main character performing his signature move"
• You should also provide a WP:Fair use rationale - explaining why it's justifable for wikipedia to breech the copyright of the game holder (since they hold copyright of the image) to show the image. And why we cannot convey the same information by using just words. i.e. Fair use rationale: Image shows a small portion of the entire video game, and illustrates the signature move of the main character of the game, in particular the graphical special effect - which cannot be conveyed in words.
• The images should also be smaller than the ones you are uploading - ideally only 300 pixels wide since we don't need higher resolution images. You should be able to resize the pictures in any decent paint program.

On a separate note - if you are going to capture a lot of screenshots it would be worth your while investing in a cheap USB TV capture device for your PC/Mac - the Quality of the resulting images will be a lot higher.

Megapixie 03:29, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the advice mega, but I can't figure out how to code the stuff you've said. Like tagging, I cant figure out what the tag I want, and where I put it in the code. If someone could edit the page where my pic is if thats possible, to show me the correct code? Then i'll be all set.

Again thank you Mega.

Copyright tags

My images of File:Johannesburgarms.JPG and caf-arms.gif were deleted as due to not having the correct copyright tags. Both are logos in the public domain, the latter being of an entity which no longer exists. The images have been re-drawn from official documents.

Can you please advise as to what I am doing wrong as the images currently on Wikipedia are incorrect/out of date. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Flagmanbruce (talk • contribs) 10:34, 8 February 2007 (UTC).

Taj Mahal

(crossposted from User talk:carnildo - he seems to be busy)
I seemed to remember you are something of a whizz on copyright issues - would you mind taking a look at todays edits by this user there's a couple of images he's added to the Taj Mahal article which are a bit suss. I left a polite message on his talk page asking for some clarification but I'm no expert and might be talking through my arse on this one. Given that he only seems to log on once every quarter, I thought you'd know the right course of action. Cheers. --Mcginnly | Natter 15:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

my copyright

image:the colinator.jpg needs a copright added it is my personal picture i took —The preceding unsigned comment was added by K!rly (talk • contribs) 00:23, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

Sarah Michelle Gellar photo

I've been trying for hours trying to upload a picture. I finally found one to replace the god awful one that depicts her, and I dont know what to do about asking for permission about copyright issues. Can someone please help me, or point me in the right direction as to how to do it, because I i didnt understand it by how it was described on this site. Thank you --Jpoland407 02:08, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

If you know who owns the copyright, you can use Wikipedia:Boilerplate requests for permission to ask them to release it under a free license. In the future, please do this before uploading an image. Jkelly 02:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I am unsure of the tag I would put on this. Can someone tag it for me?

Image:campusmiddleschoolmustang.gif —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Heero Kirashami (talk • contribs) 02:16, 9 February 2007 (UTC).

Please read the blue box at the top of Special:Upload. If you didn't create the image yourself then it's likely that the image is unsuitable for inclusion in wikipedia - especially since the website in question states "Copyright@Cherry Creek Schools". It seems unlikely it would fall under our WP:Fair use rules. Megapixie 02:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Old warship pics

Wikipedia is using a lot of World War II era pics of British warships by permission of a privately operated site (see them here Category:Images used with permission, toward the end of the page). I suspect that many of these these would have been produced by the Royal Navy, and should be in the public domain due to the expiry of British Crown Copyright. Can anyone think of an easy way to check this? --Peta 05:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Seth Swirsky

I'm having problems correctly labeling the copyright on Image:SethPubPhoto.jpg. I have it labeled as promotion, but an editor responded and is disputing that. This photo that I used is available on Swirsky's Myspace page: [[6]]. Could you tell me how to label it so that it doesn't get removed?

Thanks. Jheditorials 14:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)jheditorials

Dalbury isn't disputing that it's a promotional picture. Rather, Wikipedia's fair use policy doesn't allow for using fair use images to depict living people. One of our main goals is to have free content, so we'd rather use a free image if one is available or create a free image if one isn't available. ShadowHalo 14:36, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

PD question

I have obtained a university yearbook from 1916. Now, I would assume I could scan the images in the yearbook and upload them to Wikipedia (Commons) since this book was published seven years before 1923. Would this be correct?↔NMajdan•talk 17:00, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I'll ask the obvious, though I know you and know the answer: Where was it published? --MECU≈talk 17:43, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

You do. United States. And I'm sure I already know the answer, I just like to double check on things before I invest time into scanning and uploading.↔NMajdan•talk 17:46, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Sounds like valid {{PD-US}} to me. Be sure to state the source and the first publishing of the yearbook. I'd also recommend uploading to commons. You could even scan a page that states when it was published, if that's contained in the yearbook, and refer subsequent images to that image stating when it was published and so forth. --MECU≈talk 19:48, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

New Sweden Map

The following image Image:New Sweden.png was taken from the Swedish Wikipedia page [[7]]. It is public domain in Sweden, as the original work in which it was published is dated 1914 (the second edition of the Nordisk familjebok).

The en.wiki tagging system only explicitly lists public domain works in the US an an option; there is no menu option for Public Domain elsewhere in the world. How do I tag this? samwaltz 17:29, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Will one of these work?: {{PD-Sweden}} {{PD-SwedGov-attribution}}. For future reference, a more complete list of image tags: Category:Image copyright tags.↔NMajdan•talk 17:32, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, it's not a photo, per se, but a sketched map, so the first tag is out. I don't know if it was explicitly released by the Government of Sweden, or the government simply recognised that it was public domain (there is a minor legalistic difference), so I don't know if the second one is appropriate. samwaltz 18:01, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

I just looked at the photo and I noticed that is in the Commons. The point of the Commons is it allows you to upload a free licensed photo in one place and it makes it available to all Wikipedia projects. Therefore, there is not need to upload to en.wiki. Just put it in whatever article you want. Also, you may want to consider deleting the one you uploaded to en.wiki as it is a duplicate.↔NMajdan•talk 18:12, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

#%$&*

"Image has no copyright tag" WHAT IN THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN?! i FOUND THE IMAGE TO BE UNDER GOOGLES FREE USE CATAG! GODDAMN IT! THE DAMN COPYRIGHT EXPIRED LAST YEAR! THERE'S "2" REASONS TO KEEP "MY" IMAGE! PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT THIS TECHNOLOGICAL DISASTERS IS TALKING ABOUT, I AM NOT TRYING TO BE BANNED FROM A NOTHER SITE, MAINLY THIS GREAT SITE WITH RULE FROM HELL!--saikano 18:26, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Those images are from a commercial site. I honestly don't see the confusion. Why do you believe this is a free image?↔NMajdan•talk 18:28, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

OK now is this image free to keep on wiki?--saikano 18:31, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

No, Image:2x1024.jpg is not a free image. It is an image taken from a commercial site that gives no claims as to the images being free (licensed under a free license as permitted on Wikipedia). Please take a look at WP:IUP and WP:TAG.↔NMajdan•talk 18:34, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Brewy logo

not sure if this fair use or not. got it off their website. www.treebeer.com [Tree_Brewing_Logo.jpg]

its a company logo, so arn't they fair use????

thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harto (talk • contribs)

It should be tagged with {{logo}} and it's fair use in the companies article (and nowhere else). Megapixie 02:38, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Request for Copyright

Image:Thuam C. Khai.jpg|Caption1 and my posting. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tckhai (talk • contribs) 10:20, 10 February 2007 (UTC).

This is clearly a picture of yourself - if you took the picture or had it taken by a machine - then you can assign it any copyright you like (try either {{GFDL}} or {{PD-self}}). However I must point out that we have WP:Notability guidelines, which it would appear (looking at the CV you posted with the picture), you don't quite meet. Don't take this the wrong way - but you probably don't merit having an article or picture included in wikipedia. This is not a free web hosting service. Megapixie 10:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I feel I should add that if you're planning on becoming an active contributor here at Wikipedia, a lot of this information, as well as the picture, would be appropriate on a user page. ShadowHalo 10:52, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

What exactly did I fail to do?

I keep finding the fair use issues to be a moving target: the rules seem to keep changing. Orphanbot seems to be unhappy with what I did at Image:Mary Henry Both Sides Now.jpg, but I cannot see what additional I should do. I've been clear about who holds copyright; the work is a minuscule reproduction of a 72 x 96 inch work of art, as I've made clear; I gave an explicit {{Non-free fair use in}} to indicate in what article I am making a case for fair use; and I was explicit that the basis for fair use was "As a representative example of her work." The Orphanbot template says that "it has no explanation as to why it is permitted". How can a bot know whether I've given an explanation? And what else do I need to do?

Following the links from the message left by Orphanbot, I am guessing that it is simply checking for the presence of {{Fair use rationale}}. So I will now use that template, but I believe nothing on the Special:Upload page indicates the need to use that particular template.

I'm a rather experienced Wikipedian (an admin, for what it is worth). The fair use case for using a single, much reduced, representative example of an artist's work in an article on the artist seems pretty unquestionable. Given that I have trouble leaping through the hoops on this, how can we expect average users to navigate these waters? - Jmabel | Talk 01:22, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

I won’t speculate on how OrphanBot works, but the image description looks OK. The version with the template is more complete, but the last time I checked, it was acceptable to provide the rationale in prose as long as all relevant points were addressed. Anyway, OrphanBot is not authoritative, it only makes suggestions (albeit almost always good ones). As for fair use in general, in my opinion, it would be better to discourage users from navigating these waters at all. Of course, lots of people disagree. Do not expect the matter to become any less complicated in the foreseeable future. —xyzzy_n 01:51, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

After I added {{Fair use rationale}}, OrphanBot tagged the image again as not having a rationale. So, where do I argue over this, since presumably it will delete the image after seven days? - Jmabel | Talk 05:05, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

As I understand it, Orphanbot has a basic flaw, in that it never looks for a rationale inside any tag. Not even {{fair use rationale}}. Outside the tags, it looks for certain key words indicating there is a rationale (your first "rationale" used none of these probably). So for now, the best thing to do, would be to just redundantly write (or copy/paste) the rationale to outside of the tag (but keep the tag). Also, keep in mind, the bot can not delete the image. That can only be done by a human admin, and that admin, is responsible for making an intelligent decision. The bots haven't taken over yet. Also, on an aside, I notice the image is used in Mary Henry (artist), but there is no discussion of "Both Sides Now" istelf outside the image caption. That seems to hurt the case for its useage. --Rob 01:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

How do I add a tag to the image for Tech N9ne? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by [[User:|User:]] ([[User talk:|talk]] • contribs) 10 February 2007.

Moth image

I added this image and got it from the book Eyewitness Handbooks "Butterflies and Moths" and ned to know what copyright to put on it.

DXMorpheus 15:44, 10 February 2007 (GMT)

Unfortunately, this image does not appear to be suitable for use on Wikipedia. One of our goals is to have free content so that others can distribute it. Since this image came from a copyrighted work, the image is copyrighted and we can't use it here. I'll add a request at Wikipedia:Requested pictures so that hopefully someone else can take a picture suitable for use here. ShadowHalo 16:02, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Gomeselementaryschool.JPG

Hello, I am just a little confused about what tag I should be using for this image. Temporarily, I wrote this is the license information box since I am unsure of what category would appropriately apply:

Not sure about whether this qualifies as a work of a US Government Agency. It is from a public school district. Any help considering any possible copyright status this would be appreciated.

--Thank You. Sukh17 ^{Talk | Contribs} 21:13, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

unlikely to be public domain so I'm afariad you can't use it on wikipedia.Geni 21:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

So even though it's a publicly elected and tax-supported district that generated this using public funding, it won't qualify for any kind of use on wikipedia? --Thank You. Sukh17 ^{Talk | Contribs} 21:46, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

That is correct. The US federal goverment is unusal in releasing stuff into the public domain.Geni 21:59, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Belchertown image

This is regarding Image:Btown36.jpg. I received a notice on my talk page that it needed attention. I guess I am confused about what tag I should be using for the image. I found the picture while researching the asylum, and I e-mailed the copyright holder and asked if I could have permission to use it on Wikipedia. She said that was fine. Should I have asked her to release all copyright for the image? Is there a tag for "permission given for Wikipedia use" or anything like that? -Etoile 14:50, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

There is a tag like that, {{permission}}. Unfortunately, we can't use pictures if we only have permission to use it here (ironic, huh?). Wikipedia allows others to use its content, so if other people aren't able to use it, then we aren't able to have it on the site. If you'd like to contact her again, she wouldn't necessarily have to give up all copyright. She can release it under a free license (list at Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses), or she can release it into the public domain. If you'd like to look at some example requests, there are several at Wikipedia:Example requests for permission. ShadowHalo 14:56, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Kronosaurus image

Image:Kronosaurus d.jpg Sorry I didn't provide enough information about this image. It is a scan of a post card that is sold by MCZ at Harvard where the specimen is mounted. Since it is a postcard which is released into the public domain without any restriction printed on it regarding use, is it not OK to use? Thanks. Doctorjrj 16:32, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Do you mean Image:Kronosaurus small.jpg. I am afraid this image can't be used on Wikipedia. The fact that a postcard is being sold, does not mean that it is in the Public Domain. Neither is the fact that there is no restriction printed. The image is copyrighted. Probably by MCZ. Therefore the image would have to be used under fair use but it would fail our fair use criteria. Garion96 (talk) 16:43, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

The image you meant is already deleted. See [8]. Does Image:Kronosaurus small.jpg comes from the same source? Garion96 (talk) 16:46, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Photo of building.

This is my image, I took the photograph and uploaded it myself. What tag should be on it if I want it to be used on wikipedia and any article on wikipedia but not want everyone downloading it and using it as their own? UserNo6 22:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

If you're not comfortable releasing your work under a free license, you should tag it with {{db-author}}. Just like text contributions, we only accept images that are compatible with Wikipedia:Licensing. Thanks for understanding. Jkelly 22:23, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

How is that ok? UserNo6 23:49, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

If you're talking about Image:Jumbo.jpg, looks good! If you want, you can add info about taking the picture, like the date when you took it. But that's not required at all, just helpful. Thanks for your contribution! ShadowHalo 23:56, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

May I also suggest if you are uploading an image you took and are releasing it under a free license, you can upload it to the Commons. You see, you uploaded the image to the Enlish Wiki (en.wiki) but if the editors on the de.wiki wanted to use it, it would have to be uploaded there as well. But with the Commons, any image there can be used on any of the wikis. Once you upload the image there, we can delete the image here. Let me know if you have any other questions on the Commons.↔NMajdan•talk 17:02, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Copyright on Images

I took a picture that I want to put on to Wikipedia but I want to know if you have to have it copyrighted, and if you do how do you get it copyrighted? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wiki man55 (talk • contribs) 23:08, 11 February 2007 (UTC).

Pictures are automatically copyrighted, generally by the person who takes the picture. Since Wikipedia allows other people to use its content, we require that anyone who uploads a picture release it under a free license (there's a list here) or into the public domain. ShadowHalo 23:42, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:NNLuzin.jpg

The licence tag is {{PD-Russia}}, but the description is that this image was published before 1973.--Vaya 16:46, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

We apparantly don't know what the copyright status of this image is, and I've tagged it accordingly. It may be that a Russian speaker could find out more from the source website than I could. Jkelly 22:13, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Interesting case. According to [9] (Great Soviet Encyclopedia), the guy was born on 1883-12-09 (new style), joined the Academy of Sciences (the organisation given as the source for the image) in 1927 (full member since 1929) and died on 1950-02-28. According to {{PD-Russia}}, the photograph must have been published before 1946 (or 1942) and the photographer must have died before 1946 (or 1942). This is possible, but we don’t know whether it is true. Better claim fair use, IMHO. —xyzzy_n 03:29, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

How to tag, and which tag to use

I need to tag Image:Sheikh_Zayed_Road_in_the_Early_1990's.jpg but the problem is that I do not know how to tag the picture. Also, I do not know which tag to even use. Actually, I do not even know what a tag is. What do I do first and how do I ensure that the picture is not removed? Leitmanp 03:04, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

The image is copyrighted and not free. Unless there is a good reason why it is special and necessary, we cannot use it on Wikipedia. For future reference, please do not upload images that you find elsewhere on the WWW unless you know that they can be used here. A tag is a small piece of text to include a template that makes a statement about the conditions under which we can use an image on Wikipedia. There is a list of image copyright tags. —xyzzy_n 03:35, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Image Tag for MillerBlock_2000.jpg

Hi TPills here,

Not sure what image tag to use for Image:MillerBlock_2000.jpg

My boyfriend, Darryl Neudorf, took this photo in 2000 using a disposable camera & gave me permission to use it on his Wikipedia page. I scanned it today (Feb 12) He doesn't mind if other's use it for non commercial purposes.

Thanks! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Tpills (talk • contribs) 21:41, 12 February 2007 (UTC).

Sorry, but on Wikipedia we do not accept images that cannot be used commercially. —xyzzy_n 22:09, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

OK. Spoke with the copyright owner of the image this morning (Darryl Neudorf) & he said it's fine to use for whatever purpose, commercial or otherwise. Still not sure what to tag it as. Just want to do the right thing. Perhaps I'll look at the list again & try to get it right. Appreciate the feedback.

Honestly, probably the best way to ensure the image remains on Wikipedia is to have the owner of the image send you an email saying he will allow it to be used for whatever purpose, commercial or otherwise and then forward that email to permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org. I really don't know what PD template should be used since you didn't take the picture, and another Wikipedia user didn't take the picture. I would probably use {{PD-because}}. So, in the image properties, you would insert {{PD-because|the owner of the image, Darryl Neudorf, has given permission for this image to be released to the Public Domain.}} It might also be worth documenting on that page the email you received from him as well as the date you forwarded his email to Wikimedia. Other editors may expand or comment on what I said if I am wrong.↔

NMajdan•talk 17:03, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

To quote from the top of this section, ‘My boyfriend, Darryl Neudorf, took this photo’. E-mail might be overkill (unless it’s a long-distance relationship…). I think {{PD-because}} should be enough. —xyzzy_n 17:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestions. Perhaps an easier way is to have the copyright owner of the image re-upload the image himself with the proper tag. Eather way we'll get it right. Sincerely, TPills.

Magazine covers

Is it acceptable to use the cover of a magazine to illustrate an article not directly relating to the magazine? For example, if there is a picture of someone on the front of the magazine in question? Wikipediatastic 16:08, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Almost certainly not. See Wikipedia:Fair use#Counterexamples item 7. —xyzzy_n 16:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

educational fair use

On http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/resources/christopher_jameson/cheirogaleus_major2.jpg/view.html

It says "This resource may not be downloaded and used without permission of the copyright holder except for educational fair use."

Does that mean i can upload the picture to wikipedia? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 8thstar (talk • contribs) 19:19, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

No, you cannot. This page has more info: http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/about/useConditions.html. Specifically, it says: These images and texts are for educational use only and may not be used for any non-educational or commercial purpose without written permission from copyright holders. So, you would have to get written permission from the copyright holders to use them.↔NMajdan•talk 19:28, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Family of Man Statue 1.jpg

This is a picture of a set of statues outside a school board's head quarters, that I took, and released under GFDL. I originally (and for a long time) took for granted, it was a free image, since the statues are outdoors, in public, on public property, as its a government monument. But I undertand that 2-d representations of of non-free artworks, are derivates, and hence, not free. {{Statue}} seems to suggest an image like this is unfree. I'll be seriously disappointed if this image isn't free, but I would like to be certain of the image's status, one way or another, so I'll know what I should, or should not take pictures of, in the future. This is a Commons image, but I thought I'ld ask here, since more people follow this page. --Rob 03:15, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

This varies greatly by jurisdiction. In Canada, where this statue is located, photographs of publically displayed statues do not receive derivative work protection. This exemption is called "panorama freedom" in most countries. You can find the relevant law at The Canadian Copyright Act, section 32.2(1)(b). Jkelly 03:21, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

images from www.comisiontortura.cl

Does the pictures from Chilean governament site released on Public Domain? [10] Image:Valech and Lagos.jpg, Image:Valech Commission.jpg They were uploaded by Cantus. --157.158.191.231 10:48, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

It appears that they aren't in the public domain ([11]). Thanks for pointing that out. ShadowHalo 16:47, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Derivative work?

Image:Wikiball.png looks awfully similar to Image:Pokeball.JPG, just with a "W" slapped on instead. Is this similar enough to be considered to be a derivative work and thus copyrighted? I remember seeing Image:Lsbleu.jpg deleted off Commons because of its similarity to the Star Wars lightsabers. Hbdragon88 07:43, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

No. Leaving aside the question of whether there's anything sufficiently distinctive about a red and white ball to qualify it for a copyright -- I doubt it -- the Wikiball image doesn't even preserve that distinction. The depiction of a Pokeball does not automatically grant its creators rights over every bisected sphere with the centerline interrupted by a small circle known to man. By that standard, the practice drone Luke Skywalker trained with in Star Wars IV would also be copyright to the Pokemon folks. TCC (talk) (contribs) 10:38, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Except that Star Wars came out in 1977 and Pokemon came out in 1995, but thanks for the answer. Hbdragon88 23:26, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

I know the dates, but Star Wars wasn't the question at hand. If anything, the image resembles the drone more than it does the pokeball. TCC (talk) (contribs) 22:22, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Image tagging

Currently the photos I have uploaded onto my user/project page are photos that have been taken by employees with Project for Pride in Living. Therefore they are copyrighted by PPL. We are currently setting this wikipedia site up,and I'm in charge of this project for our nonprofit. Is it necessary we use a copyright when the rights are ours to the photos we're using since they were taken in house?

Please let me know what it is I need to do so we can keep the photos included.

Thank you Rebecca Cooke Public Relations Office Assistant Project for Pride in Living [email protected] 612-455-5135

Images you upload to Wikipedia must be either in the public domain or licensed under a free licence, such as the Creative Commons CC–BY or CC–BY–SA licence or the GFDL. The common denominator of free licences is the permission, granted to anybody, to display, copy, modify and sell the licensed content, for any purpose. If you have the authority to release your content under such a licence or if the images have already been released under a free licence, choose one that is appropriate and indicate it when uploading your images. Otherwise, you must first get permission to upload the images; consult your superiors and/or your legal department. In any case, be sure to provide sufficient information to verify the licence when uploading images.

Note that we also expect images to have encyclopaedic value and to be used. Other images may be deleted—Wikipedia is not a webhost.

By the way, thanks for being frank about your affiliation. It is a common misunderstanding to assume that user pages can be used for unlimited self-presentation; be sure to avoid it. —xyzzy_n 20:47, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

my phone

my phone wont work it been off the charger for awhile but it still wont work i have a charger that can work in my phone but my phone wont still work what should i do to get it to work? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.15.151.82 (talk) 22:53, 19 February 2007 (UTC).

This page is for questions about copyright issues, not technical advice. ShadowHalo 21:28, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Recently uploaded page - ASPIRE Academy, Qatar

I recently uploaded information and pictures under the above heading. The page has since been deleted due to copyright problems. For all the images used the company I work for, ASPIRE Academy, own the copyright and have given explicit consent for those images to be reproduced on Wikipedia.

Please advise me as to how I can get the information reinstated; whether it was a problem with labeling or content.

Best wishes,

Steve

(steveaspire)

wikipedia only releases are not free enough to be used on wikipeida. pics ned to be released under a free lisence such as the gfdl.Geni 16:51, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Unfree images

Is there a tag for unfree images? e.g. image:Garfield.JPG--Vaya 15:37, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

It has the right tag, a fair use comic strip tag. I removed the request for it to be converted to SVG because it does not need to be SVG.↔NMajdan•talk•EditorReview 15:48, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

But the description says: "image to be used for educational purposes only". So no commercial use is allowed.--Vaya 11:07, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use images can have any restrictions on them, even "all rights reserved," and still be used on the English Wikipedia if they meet our fair use criteria. Andrew Levine 05:33, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

V-J day copyright tag? What is it

Can anyone please tell me what the licensing copyright tag is for this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Vj_day_kiss.jpg

I have posted the text below. Please let me know if you can it is not in the general list.

Thanks

David

TEXT This image is a faithful digitalization of a unique historic photograph, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the photographer who took the photograph or the agency employing the photographer. It is believed that the use of this photograph

to illustrate the event in question where: The photograph depicts a non-reproducible historic event, and no free alternative exists or can be created, and The image is low resolution and of no larger and of no higher quality than is necessary for the illustration of an article, and the use of the image on Wikipedia is not expected to decrease the value of the copyright, 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. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. See Wikipedia:Fair use for more information.

If this does not accurately describe this image, please remove this tag and provide a different fair use rationale.

To the uploader: please add a detailed fair use rationale for each use, as described on Wikipedia:Image description page, as well as the source of the work and copyright information. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Sierakowski (talk • contribs) 03:27, 21 February 2007 (UTC).

As you can tell from the wiki source of the description page, the tag is {{HistoricPhoto}}. It's not licensed, it's used under fair use. TCC (talk) (contribs) 02:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

But that is a warning. WHY!!??

Please don't send a message while I'm on a Wikibreak. This is your LAST warning!!!! >:( I just checked on the "Ignore any warnings" checkbox, but you sended me a warning. Why didn't it work??!!??!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(-_-)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

If you take a look at the message, it says "this is an automated notice", meaning that bots don't read message boxes. Regardless, you will receive warnings when you upload images that do not comply with Wikipedia:Fair use, whether you're on wikibreak or not. Do not remove these warnings. ShadowHalo 02:27, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

If you are refering to the chekbox you can check when you upload an image that will just supress warnings of the kind "are you sure you want to overwrite this image" and things like that. It has no relation to the warnings you will recieve if you upload images without source or copyright information and the like. --Sherool (talk) 09:13, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Problem displaying image

I have uploaded a movie poster for Dreaming Lhasa, following (I hope) all the guidelines. However, I am unable to bring it up in the article on the movie. What am I doing wrong? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 10zing (talk • contribs) 10:06, 22 February 2007

I think the file you uploaded has been dammaged somehow (so maybe your browser fails to render it), the full sized version looks ok, but all the thumbnails end up looking like they have been run though a negative image filter (blue instead of red etc). Try resizing the original image again and upload the new file again. Then purge the image page (add ?action=purge to the url) and reload the page and see if there is any difference. --Sherool (talk) 13:29, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

content i added Bradford Mutual Sunday School League

why would i need to copyright the information if i wrote it —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Deano001 (talk • contribs) 2006 December 20 13:06 UTC.

You don't copyright it. You put the appropriate tag to indicate the nature of the copyright. Jackytar 19:29, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

copyrights

Can I mail myself a copy of my book and keep it unopened, and wus that as a copy right —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Happybookwritter (talk • contribs) 11:04, 18 February 2007 (UTC).

You can. This is often called the "Poor mans copyright", but to better legally protect yourself, you should register for a copyright. Also, I am not a lawyer so you should seek professional advice, Wikipedia is not for legal advice. See Wikipedia:Legal disclaimer --MECU≈talk 19:55, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Not really. It is too trivial to fake the date on postmarks.Geni 22:36, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

Copyright laws vary from country to country. In Canada and the US, as I understand the law, copyright exists from the moment the author or artist creates the work. As noted above, the 'mail a copy of the manuscript to yourself and keep it unopened' is an attempt to provide a dated proof; there are other methods that would likely work just as well - f'rinstance, one might have a notary seal a package after verifying the contents are as claimed. In any event, as also recommended above, take legal advice as to the best course of action; don't rely solely on what is said here on Wikipedia. Jackytar 08:08, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

Self pic

Hello Wiki folks. I uploaded a picture of myself (i like it better than my old one), and i am not sure how to label it. It was taken with me in front of a CRASS poster which my head is blocking a large portion of, and other parts are cropped off... How do i submit it properly or can i not? I don't want to cause trouble, i just wanted my best pic there :) Thank you in advance for help AnyA 20:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

You have to license it under a free license. There are many to choose from. Try reading through Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Public domain and Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses.↔NMajdan•talk•EditorReview 21:18, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Hi folks. I fixed this for the uploader as she requested I relicense it accordingly. See my talk page - Alison^✍ 04:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Deleting an image

Greetings. The file I uploaded did not have the proper license tag: Image:Maltese2eurofinal.jpg.

I want to delete this image, as I have uploaded another identical image: Image:Finalmaltese2euro.jpg

which has the appropriate license tag.

I'm new to editing in Wikipedia, so I'm not sure how to do this.

Many thanks:

Theeuro 13:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

If you upload somethign by mistake you can add {{db-self}} to mark it for deletion. --Sherool (talk) 13:29, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, and if two (or more) images are exactly the same you can have the unused redundant one(s) deleted by adding for example {{db-redundantimage|Finalmaltese2euro.jpg}} regardles of who uploaded it. I have deleted this one now by the way. --Sherool (talk) 13:35, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

It wasn't actually necessary to delete and re-upload the image. An image can be tagged manually by navigating to the image page and clicking the edit link. You'll be editing the image description only; the image itself won't appear on the edit page. Select an appropriate tag from the pages linked at WP:ICT and type it as given, within the pair of double braces. TCC (talk) (contribs) 04:56, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Sadhus.jpg

The uploaded image Image:Sadhus.jpg [12] has been nominated for deletion eventhough the copyright holder released the image into the public domain (no license) after I requested permission (see email on image talk page). How do I proceed? CoYep 13:58, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Permission to use on Wikipedia alone is not enough, and the reply they gave does not spesify if you just got a permission to use it, or if they have relased it to the public domain as you claim. Please ask them to verify that the image can be treated as public domain, or be released under a suirable free license and forward the reply (if positive) to permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org (See WP:COPYREQ for details). --Sherool (talk) 22:24, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

But that's what my request already stated:

We have a very strict policy against copyright violations and we can only use your material if you are willing to grant permission for it to be used under terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. This means that although you retain the copyright and authorship of your own work, you are granting permission for all others (not just Wikipedia) to use, copy, and share your materials freely—and even potentially use them commercially—as long as they do not try to claim the copyright themselves, or try to prevent others from using or copying them freely. You can read this license in full at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GFDL

and the copy right holder agreed to it. See here [13] CoYep 14:52, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

The way that she said it was pretty ambiguous; I've had the same problem too. Essentially, she needs to say that anyone (not just Wikipedia) can use it so long as it's attributed to her. (Or suggest one of the licenses, like the cc-by, which says just that.) ShadowHalo 15:10, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

The first time I uploaded the image I just did the casual "I like this pic can I use it please?" approach, and I understood why this wasn't sufficient. Back then I asked the admin who deleted the image if it would be okay if I contact the copy right holders again and ask them to change the rights for those images [[14]], and he said this would be fine. So I copied one of the image request example letters and contacted the copyroght holder a second time. The copyright holder agreed a second time and I sent a copy to the admin Coffee so he could varify that the permission was authentic, and he was satisfied with that [[15]]. Now I have to contact them a third time and tell them unless they do the "raise your hand and speak after me" I still can't use it? (They will think I'm nuts or a spammer or both ... ) Anyway, can you please tell me the exact wording they have to use in their response so that there will be no further problems in the future? I want to avoid that I have to contact them a 4th time in a couple of weeks because someone is still not satisfied with the license. And could you please wait a couple of days so they have a chance to respond before you delete the image (maybe one the admins can leave a note on the image page?) That would be great. Thanks in advance! CoYep 23:01, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Party Logo

I have no idea how to get the copyright thing... If it helps, the image was done on paint, by someone i dont know. any help would be nice!—Preceding unsigned comment added by Saaari (talk • contribs)

Most likely copyrighted by the party in question. I wrote as much on the image page and added the {{logo|Political logos}} tag. --Sherool (talk) 22:19, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

mould problem

We have some water damage underneath the flooring in our new (7 months old) home. We have found mold and have realized where the water is coming from. Had a mold inspection done. Report stated unusual mold conditions exist. cladosporium, other basidiospores, penicillium / aspergillus. The report explained how and why, but not what to do or what damage it may cause for our health. Can you give us any suggestions on this situation. Thank you, Cookie (cookiedillard AT hotmail DOT com) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 76.2.52.79 (talk) 14:14, 23 February 2007 (UTC).

This page is for questions about copyright. Your question belongs at the reference desk. ShadowHalo 14:19, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:LivCoatofArmsMcplBlg5523.jpg

Hi, This image is free from copyroght and is in the public domain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aigbyrthman (talk • contribs)

If that is the case, it is very strange that the image has © Aidan O'Rourke 2005 as a watermark on it. Do you have any reason to believe that the copyright claim on the image is incorrect? Jkelly 18:22, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

The New Amerie Album

Hi, Im Lauren and the upcoming album by Amerie-Becasue I Love It is constantly being messed with from changing to a full list to becoming having about 3 songs, So I wanted to know where you are getting your information from about the album? Can you give me the links please.

                                                       A Wikipedia user, Lauren

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.199.138.165 (talk) 02:21, 24 February 2007 (UTC).

208-2.jpg

I have so far uploaded two images on the Radio Luxembourg (English) article that were not previously available. The images include 208-2.jpg]] and they are both from a long defunct radio program listings journal that has not existed for decades and they are old advertisments for commercial radio programs that have not existed for decades on a radio station that signed off in early 1992 and no longer exists as it was. I personally scanned the images and then personally modified by cropping and adding a border and comment. I have listed these images as fair use and I have tried to follow all of the instructions but now I have received a message from a bot which says that I have not and that the images could be deleted. Can you help me with this please in order to conform to Wikipedia rules? Thanks Fragilethreads 03:52, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

I think both of those images are fine as is. Bot's are just computer programs and can't always tell things like the source not being a URL. You may want to add some key words like "Source:" and "Rationale" to the listing, but it would just be to clarify what already exists. Again, I think you've done a fine job. --MECU≈talk 16:18, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

How many humans die in ayear?

I've been searching al net for this specific number but all i get is deaths from cancer or from other diseases, i just want to know how many people die in the world in a year. thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 200.122.187.199 (talk) 04:33, 25 February 2007 (UTC).

This page is for questions about copyright. Your question belongs at Wikipedia:Reference desk. ShadowHalo 04:43, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Horst Wessel

Image:WesselHorst.jpg PD? Unknown author. --83.142.15.1 14:41, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Referred to WP:PUI. —xyzzy_n 17:31, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Question about an image.

I have an image of a sand box for my sandbox page, and I got it from a free stock photography site (http://www.sxc.hu) the extra information said that general restrictions applied to this image. The general restrictions state that the image can be used "In digital format on websites, multimedia presentations, broadcast film and video, cell phones."

I'm wondering which copyright tag this image would come under.

This is the image I uploaded: Image:Aiydasandbox.jpg

And this is the original image http://www.sxc.hu/photo/10263

An help would be appreciated :)

--Aiyda 21:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Stock.xchng is generally a bad place to get images. Don't worry; it's not your fault at all. However, I think the default there is to freely release images, but many users don't know this and think that they are maintaining copyright. I know images from stock.xchng aren't eligible for use on the Commons, but I'm not sure about Wikipedia. Let me dig around some. ShadowHalo 21:24, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

non image

Hello, Thank you for your time. I submitted an article approximately Feburary 6, 2007. My user name is Finun2007. The article has no image imbedded but the notice from Wiki media indicated that I needed to include an image description page. The problem may be with the program I wrote the article, Microsoft Word. The article I wrote only contains text. How do I solve this problem? Eric Turner —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Finun2007 (talk • contribs) 02:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC).

The problem is that you uploaded a file rather than writing an article. Since images make up the vast majority of media on Wikipedia, the namespace is called image. PDF files should generally not be uploaded to Wikipedia. ShadowHalo 02:16, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Fair use of stage image

I recently posted an image Image:Not I.jpg and marked it as "Fair Use" taking my lead from another site where an image of a stage production had been used. There is a tag for a still from a film but nothing that covers a "still" from a play. How should this be classified?

--Jimmy4559 04:24, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I'm new here and want to make sure I am setting this up correct.

Can you get back to me.

C

Image marked for speedy deletion

I have only recently started using Wikipedia to write and edit articles and recently expanded the Yale Symphony Orchestra article. Because I work for the Yale Symphony and have access to and permission to use our images, I wanted to add a photo of the orchestra, Image:YaleSymphony'06resized2.jpg, to the article. I clarified the image's copyright status with our manager and marked subsequent uploads with the correct copyright status. However, it has been "marked for speedy deletion." Since I have the right to use this image here, what can I do to ensure that it is not deleted?

--LKClark 16:16, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

On the upload page, you indicated that the image may be used on Wikipedia; however, this is not considered a sufficient permission. Wikipedia content is expected to be free, which means that you must allow anybody, for any purpose, to copy and display it, to sell it and to make derivative works. (The exact details may vary.) In particular, there must be no limitation to use only on Wikipedia. Valid licences include:

CC–BY

• no restrictions except that the copyright holder must be acknowledged in copies and derivative works (see Creative Commons),

CC–BY–SA

• like CC–BY, except that all copies and derivative works must also be licensed under CC–BY–SA and

GFDL

• …complicated, see WP:GFDL for the text.

To use your images on Wikipedia, you should choose one of these licences (or another licence which grants permissions to the same extent). Then, note the licence on the page of each already uploaded image (see Wikipedia:Image copyright templates) and for any further images you upload, choose the correct licence on the upload page (if available, else choose ‘no licence’ and add the information manually after uploading).

If you cannot release your images under a licence like the ones listed above, the existing images will probably be deleted without any need for intervention. —xyzzy_n 17:06, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Image Copyright Problem

I received a message from Psychonaut about an image copyright problem with several of my images. I have full permission from the owners, but wasn't sure how exactly to "fix" this problem. Can someone please let me know how I fix the images so they are not deleted? Please contact me on my talk page. Thanks, YeLLeY511 19:48, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

Post the exact wording of the permission you were given, and tell us who gave you this permission and whether they officially represent the copyright holders. Then we can decide whether or not the images can be used on Wikipedia, and if so, how to properly tag them. —Psychonaut 21:29, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

I contacted Brimstone about the use of his images/likeness, and he responded with this: (email removed)-YeLLeY511 02:23, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for going to the trouble of contacting the proper authorities. According to the e-mail you posted, the images are probably OK to be tagged with the {{promophoto}} licence tag. This means the photos can be used only to illustrate the Brimstone character. (It also means that if the photos are not used to illustrate the Brimstone character, then they will be deleted.) It's virtually certain, though, that Brimstone does not hold the copyright to the Ricki Lake screenshot, so the letter of permission does not apply to that image. I recommend that you tag all the images with {{promophoto}} and include that letter there or on the image talk page.

Use of the {{promophoto}} licence isn't encouraged because it means the image is not free. As a free encyclopedia, we try to ensure that all images are free for people not only to reproduce, but to reproduce in any context, and also to modify. For more information about what makes the information on Wikipedia free, you may want to read Wikipedia:Copyrights. —Psychonaut 03:28, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Beauford Delaney image

I'm curious about the copyright status of this image. There's a link on that page to "Rights and Reproductions", wherein it states

“ Per the instrument of gift, "for a period of 20 years from the date of this Instrument [1966], none of the photographs contained in said collection may be sold, reproduced, published or given away in any form whatsoever except with my [Saul Mauriber, Photographic Executor for Van Vechten] express permission in writing." This restriction expired in 1986. In 1998 the Library's Publishing Office was contacted by Bruce Kellner, Successor Trustee for the Van Vechten estate, who disputes Mr. Mauriber's authority in executing the Instrument of Gift. Upon review of the relevant materials, the Library continues to believe that the photographs are in the public domain. However, patrons are advised that Mr. Kellner has expressed his concern that use of Van Vechten's photographs "preserve the integrity" of his work, i.e, that photographs not be colorized or cropped, and that proper credit is given to the photographer. Privacy and publicity rights may apply. ”

So is that an image that can be uploaded and used? Thanks for your help, and please reply on my talk page. -- SatyrTN (talk | contribs) 19:44, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

See commons:Category:PD Van Vechten for how we currently treat this. Jkelly 00:08, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

Image:Arton11.gif

from User talk:Bluemask regarding Image:Arton11.gif.

Hi,

I have uploaded an image for the "campaign for one million signatures." I have emailed them and they told me that I can use any of the content on their website (they are not very formal about it since copyright is not always very serious in Iran yet). I was wondering if this is enough or do you need something else. thank you --Definite 21:27, 26 February 2007 (UTC)