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:''This page is based on [[ | :''This page is based on [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|Wikipedia:Image copyright tags]]. Please see that page for additional image copyright tags should you believe them necessary for SmashWiki.'' | ||
All images on SmashWiki must be free to use under an appropriate license or used under Fair Use. This page will help you figure out which tag to use, and how to tag your images. Most images you find on the web or in a Google image search are '''not''' free to use, even if you don't see any copyright information with them! If you do not know who created an image and what license it is under, you cannot use it. | All images on SmashWiki must be free to use under an appropriate license or used under Fair Use. This page will help you figure out which tag to use, and how to tag your images. Most images you find on the web or in a Google image search are '''not''' free to use, even if you don't see any copyright information with them! If you do not know who created an image and what license it is under, you cannot use it. | ||
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=== Public domain === | === Public domain === | ||
When adding a PD tag, also specify ''why'' the image is PD. Has the author released it into the PD? Is the image old enough to be PD? Is it PD because it was created by a particular government? Is it PD because a user of SmashWiki created it and has uploaded it as PD? If you will be using a lot of PD images on your wiki, you may want to expand these tags and have more specific information included within them. | When adding a PD tag, also specify ''why'' the image is PD. Has the author released it into the PD? Is the image old enough to be PD? Is it PD because it was created by a particular government? Is it PD because a user of SmashWiki created it and has uploaded it as PD? If you will be using a lot of PD images on your wiki, you may want to expand these tags and have more specific information included within them. | ||
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===Fair use=== | ===Fair use=== | ||
See [[ | See [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Image copyright tags|Wikipedia]] for a wider selection of fair use tags, especially if you will be uploading many logos or album covers. Review [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Image description page#Fair use rationale]]. | ||
* <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Fairuse|Fairuse]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> - for a copyrighted image which is contended to be [[ | * <nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Fairuse|Fairuse]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki> - for a copyrighted image which is contended to be [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Fair use|fair use]]. | ||
===Unsuitable=== | ===Unsuitable=== | ||
If you do not know the copyright status, do not upload the image! Non-free Creative Commons licenses are also not permitted. This includes images which do not allow non-commercial use or derivative works (NC and ND licenses), since these are non-[[ | If you do not know the copyright status, do not upload the image! Non-free Creative Commons licenses are also not permitted. This includes images which do not allow non-commercial use or derivative works (NC and ND licenses), since these are non-[[Wikipedia:free content|free]]. The Sampling+ license is also not free. | ||
Wikipedia has a range of tags explaining why an image is unsuitable. If an image is unsuitable for SmashWiki, tag it with the <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> template. | Wikipedia has a range of tags explaining why an image is unsuitable. If an image is unsuitable for SmashWiki, tag it with the <nowiki>{{delete}}</nowiki> template. | ||
== Rationale == | == Rationale == | ||
# What's "fair use" in one country may not be "fair use" in another country; this allows people creating derivative works in other countries to extract images which aren't legal in their country. | # What's "fair use" in one country may not be "fair use" in another country; this allows people creating derivative works in other countries to extract images which aren't legal in their country. | ||
# It is harder to create decent images than decent text, so the temptation to break copyright is bigger, so we like to be a bit more vigilant. | # It is harder to create decent images than decent text, so the temptation to break copyright is bigger, so we like to be a bit more vigilant. | ||
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==Creating new tags or sub-categories== | ==Creating new tags or sub-categories== | ||
Try to use the tags already available at Wikipedia. This makes it easier for people who want to re-use content from both sites. | Try to use the tags already available at Wikipedia. This makes it easier for people who want to re-use content from both sites. | ||
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== Categories == | == Categories == | ||
Each copyright tag such as '''<nowiki>{{Fairuse}}</nowiki>''' should correspond to a category. Placing such a tag on an image will automatically put it into that category, because that template should already belong to that category. | Each copyright tag such as '''<nowiki>{{Fairuse}}</nowiki>''' should correspond to a category. Placing such a tag on an image will automatically put it into that category, because that template should already belong to that category. | ||
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[[Category:Help|Image copyright tags]] | [[Category:Help|Image copyright tags]] | ||
[[ | [[category:copyright]] |