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Hi, I am new, so I am sorry if I do not use correct terminology. I created a new page for Stephanie Land's book Maid. Here is the link: Maid (book)
I uploaded the cover of the book following all instructions for using a copyrighted image under Fair Use. I provided the non-free book cover rationale when uploading the image. On Sunday, I received a bot message: User talk:Cyborgwriter#c-B-bot-20240225184000-Orphaned non-free image File:Maid Cover.webp
Does this mean I should try to upload the cover again? Thank you for your help. Cyborgwriter ( talk) 23:28, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
According to this listing this lithograph was published by Landfall Press, Chicago in 1981, so there is a chance that it fell into the public domain if it was published without a copyright notice and not subsequently registered. Does anyone here know what the common practice was with lithographs? I have not been able to find an entry in the copyright catalog, but that doesn't mean much. Felix QW ( talk) 15:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
Per Talk:Where is Kate?, I'd like to know if the Mother's Day photo would be alright to upload. Here's a BBC article with the photo included, in case it helps. Slamforeman ( talk) 20:29, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
If no cover artist is named, it's generally the publishing company, not the author of the book, right?
And if no author is named, then is it an anonymous work? The Quirky Kitty ( talk) 01:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello,
I found this image of JoAnn Jayne on the official Navajo Nation website, but after a lot of research, I'm not sure of its copyright status. I did not see anything in the Navajo Nation code which expressly deals with the copyright status of works created on behalf of the government (though to be fair, I don't know if it is a work created on behalf of the NN government), and cannot figure out if this would be a federal issue or not because of tribal governments' unique status in US law.
Thank you for any help on this question,
JohnSon12a (
talk) 14:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
On Talk:Descartes' theorem/GA1, the Good Article reviewer ( Kusma, please correct if I am misrepresenting your position) is pushing to include more lines from a still-copyrighted poem (published in UK 1936, author died 1956, so still in copyright for a few more years) and its slightly later and also-still-copyrighted extension by another author. The poem consists of three ten-line stanzas, with one more stanza in the extension (it can be found in full in its original publication at https://www.nature.com/articles/1371021a0 and elsewhere). Currently we quote two lines, properly formatted and cited as a block quote per WP:NFCCP, an amount I'm comfortable with being within the bounds of fair use (for a poem that made the topic famous and itself is discussed in more detail in the article). The quoted lines appear in the lead, with the double intent of serving as a summary of part of the article discussing the poem and as an accessible summary of the theorem itself. However the reviewer feels that material in the lead should be expanded later and that the later discussion of the poem doesn't count as an expansion: to quote the poem in the lead we need to quote more of the poem later. I guess the MOS:LEAD question is off-topic for this board, but a better question for this board would be: is there a valid fair-use case for quoting the poem at any greater length, for instance for the purpose of expanding the lead? — David Eppstein ( talk) 06:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
File:Ginger Jar filled with Chrysanthemums By Van Gogh.jpg The current owners never sold it to the creative commons license holder. We have proof of ownership. This should be cross checked and decided fairly. Myfirsts ( talk) 05:36, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
I was Googling myself, as one does, when I came across this image on Wikimedia Commons. It's credited to @ AndrewTJay as "own work" but, as you can see from the metadata at the bottom of the page, I took this picture. I originally uploaded it to a project website of mine, Icons of Arlington, at a page called Menotomy Indian Hunter (Andrew seems to have cropped it). I am fine with the image remaining on Wikipedia, but I would strongly prefer that it be listed with the correct credit. How does that work -- do I just edit the page to change the credit? Rmhbernoff ( talk) 03:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
I have done/tidied up articles on Wikipedia on famous rock climbs. It is very hard to get license-free images of the routes themselves that can be uploaded to WikiCommons. Am I allowed to upload 'non-license free' examples to en-WP under a non-free use rationale? For example, the famous route Indian Face has great non-free images showing how terrifying it is in this article. Am I allowed to upload one of these images (they are not large or high-res) under non-free use to en-WP for use in the article? thanks. Aszx5000 ( talk) 12:16, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Seeking an opinion from the copyright experts on {{ Internet Archive game}}. Until last night when I edited the documentation, which you can see in the history, this guideline suggested that as long as the game was listed in a curated collection by one of archive.org archivist, it was fine to link. Internet Archive has a DMCA exemption to host copyrighted software, at least, according to our article on the site. However, that is simply an exemption from the DMCA. It is still hosting copyrighted material without permission. The exemption protects Archive.org, not Wikipedia. As such, I believe the use of this template would fail WP:COPYLINK in almost all cases for video games, as nearly all would fall under copyright. Of course, in cases where a game is freely licensed and such, its fine. But the curated collections previously linked included full games from Sega, Capcom, Bandai and others, who very much definitely have not given copyright permission for Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter or Pac-Man, etc.... -- ferret ( talk) 13:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, I recently uploaded c:File:Drawing of the Shrine of Little St Hugh, Lincoln Cathedral, William Dugdale, 1641.png. The image is discussed at this FAC Image Review, where I was asked when it was first published: the answer being 1986. This means it may be in copyright as a relatively newly published work. Information is unclear. However, I contacted the British Library as the repository and owner of the original domcument and they have confirmed by email that they regard the original as public domain, thus scans or photographs would count as copyright free; they have no objection to the image being published here. I understand that WP may have a process to record this, such as keeping email records etc - can someone point me to what I should do to ensure WMF has a copy of this confirmation? Jim Killock (talk) 21:27, 27 March 2024 (UTC)
Media copyright questions | ||
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Welcome to the Media Copyright Questions page, a place for help with image copyrights, tagging, non-free content, and related questions. For all other questions please see Wikipedia:Questions.
If a question clearly does not belong on this page, reply to it using the template {{ mcq-wrong}} and, if possible, leave a note on the poster's talk page. For copyright issues relevant to Commons where questions arising cannot be answered locally, questions may be directed to Commons:Commons:Village pump/Copyright.
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Hi, I am new, so I am sorry if I do not use correct terminology. I created a new page for Stephanie Land's book Maid. Here is the link: Maid (book)
I uploaded the cover of the book following all instructions for using a copyrighted image under Fair Use. I provided the non-free book cover rationale when uploading the image. On Sunday, I received a bot message: User talk:Cyborgwriter#c-B-bot-20240225184000-Orphaned non-free image File:Maid Cover.webp
Does this mean I should try to upload the cover again? Thank you for your help. Cyborgwriter ( talk) 23:28, 29 February 2024 (UTC)
According to this listing this lithograph was published by Landfall Press, Chicago in 1981, so there is a chance that it fell into the public domain if it was published without a copyright notice and not subsequently registered. Does anyone here know what the common practice was with lithographs? I have not been able to find an entry in the copyright catalog, but that doesn't mean much. Felix QW ( talk) 15:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)
Per Talk:Where is Kate?, I'd like to know if the Mother's Day photo would be alright to upload. Here's a BBC article with the photo included, in case it helps. Slamforeman ( talk) 20:29, 14 March 2024 (UTC)
If no cover artist is named, it's generally the publishing company, not the author of the book, right?
And if no author is named, then is it an anonymous work? The Quirky Kitty ( talk) 01:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
Hello,
I found this image of JoAnn Jayne on the official Navajo Nation website, but after a lot of research, I'm not sure of its copyright status. I did not see anything in the Navajo Nation code which expressly deals with the copyright status of works created on behalf of the government (though to be fair, I don't know if it is a work created on behalf of the NN government), and cannot figure out if this would be a federal issue or not because of tribal governments' unique status in US law.
Thank you for any help on this question,
JohnSon12a (
talk) 14:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
On Talk:Descartes' theorem/GA1, the Good Article reviewer ( Kusma, please correct if I am misrepresenting your position) is pushing to include more lines from a still-copyrighted poem (published in UK 1936, author died 1956, so still in copyright for a few more years) and its slightly later and also-still-copyrighted extension by another author. The poem consists of three ten-line stanzas, with one more stanza in the extension (it can be found in full in its original publication at https://www.nature.com/articles/1371021a0 and elsewhere). Currently we quote two lines, properly formatted and cited as a block quote per WP:NFCCP, an amount I'm comfortable with being within the bounds of fair use (for a poem that made the topic famous and itself is discussed in more detail in the article). The quoted lines appear in the lead, with the double intent of serving as a summary of part of the article discussing the poem and as an accessible summary of the theorem itself. However the reviewer feels that material in the lead should be expanded later and that the later discussion of the poem doesn't count as an expansion: to quote the poem in the lead we need to quote more of the poem later. I guess the MOS:LEAD question is off-topic for this board, but a better question for this board would be: is there a valid fair-use case for quoting the poem at any greater length, for instance for the purpose of expanding the lead? — David Eppstein ( talk) 06:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)
File:Ginger Jar filled with Chrysanthemums By Van Gogh.jpg The current owners never sold it to the creative commons license holder. We have proof of ownership. This should be cross checked and decided fairly. Myfirsts ( talk) 05:36, 20 March 2024 (UTC)
I was Googling myself, as one does, when I came across this image on Wikimedia Commons. It's credited to @ AndrewTJay as "own work" but, as you can see from the metadata at the bottom of the page, I took this picture. I originally uploaded it to a project website of mine, Icons of Arlington, at a page called Menotomy Indian Hunter (Andrew seems to have cropped it). I am fine with the image remaining on Wikipedia, but I would strongly prefer that it be listed with the correct credit. How does that work -- do I just edit the page to change the credit? Rmhbernoff ( talk) 03:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)
I have done/tidied up articles on Wikipedia on famous rock climbs. It is very hard to get license-free images of the routes themselves that can be uploaded to WikiCommons. Am I allowed to upload 'non-license free' examples to en-WP under a non-free use rationale? For example, the famous route Indian Face has great non-free images showing how terrifying it is in this article. Am I allowed to upload one of these images (they are not large or high-res) under non-free use to en-WP for use in the article? thanks. Aszx5000 ( talk) 12:16, 22 March 2024 (UTC)
Seeking an opinion from the copyright experts on {{ Internet Archive game}}. Until last night when I edited the documentation, which you can see in the history, this guideline suggested that as long as the game was listed in a curated collection by one of archive.org archivist, it was fine to link. Internet Archive has a DMCA exemption to host copyrighted software, at least, according to our article on the site. However, that is simply an exemption from the DMCA. It is still hosting copyrighted material without permission. The exemption protects Archive.org, not Wikipedia. As such, I believe the use of this template would fail WP:COPYLINK in almost all cases for video games, as nearly all would fall under copyright. Of course, in cases where a game is freely licensed and such, its fine. But the curated collections previously linked included full games from Sega, Capcom, Bandai and others, who very much definitely have not given copyright permission for Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter or Pac-Man, etc.... -- ferret ( talk) 13:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)
Hi there, I recently uploaded c:File:Drawing of the Shrine of Little St Hugh, Lincoln Cathedral, William Dugdale, 1641.png. The image is discussed at this FAC Image Review, where I was asked when it was first published: the answer being 1986. This means it may be in copyright as a relatively newly published work. Information is unclear. However, I contacted the British Library as the repository and owner of the original domcument and they have confirmed by email that they regard the original as public domain, thus scans or photographs would count as copyright free; they have no objection to the image being published here. I understand that WP may have a process to record this, such as keeping email records etc - can someone point me to what I should do to ensure WMF has a copy of this confirmation? Jim Killock (talk) 21:27, 27 March 2024 (UTC)