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Image of José Manuel Barroso, from a political party website. Image located here: [1]. Enterance to photo gallery [2] states "All text and pictures in this Picture Gallery are free for use. However, recognition of the source, EPP-ED Group, would be appreciated." - no reply asking form email asking for clarification on this. - J Logan t: 20:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I have found one reasonable photo of this scholar who died in 1944 in an article published by his daughter and son-in-law in 1966, in the scholarly journal "Applied Optics", vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 176, which is now available for free online:
I have no access to any other photo and have no obvious way to contact his family, since his daughter died in 2003. May I extract the photo of him as an old man and use it? If so, I'm confused about how to credit the photo. Thanks. Apoachroroger.
Hey, Der Schneeman is a German animated film made in the Second World War. It is rare. Can I use a screenshot from [ [3]] for the article I've been editing? I can find nothing such as a promotional poster. SIGURD42 15:57, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Johnny Gill This image was used on an album cover (Let's Get the Mood Right, Motown, 1996) and is taken from the classic motown page on Johnny Gill. Thanks for your feedback. MissKriss 15:23, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Terence Todman]. The image appears to be press release photo and there is no copyright info on the website.-- Ccson 02:35, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
The boatmen or gemidzii of Thesaloniki . I want the pick for this article . Can't find another :// Kanibalos 20:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Greetings! "Can I use..." the images from the following page for the above article?
Could I use that image under fair use or "with permission" since I'm pretty sure Wikipedia is a non-commerical web site. And if so, where should credit be given? Just on the image's description page? Could it be uploaded to the commons? Thanks in advance for the help! Rkitko 07:33, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Greetings! I want to know:"Can I use ..." this image from the following page for the above article?
Thank you for your help! Goldenphoenix2007 05:03, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to use this image on the 2006 Rose Bowl article. I believe fair use is acceptable for this since it is a logo, historical, cannot be recreated, the article directly applies to it since it is directly and solely about the 2006 Rose Bowl for which the logo image is for and about. It is also found on the Official Website of the Rose Bowl which therefore concludes how they wish their logo to be represented. I figured I'd ask first though I do think this is (or should be, but that doesn't mean much anymore) acceptable given my past with fair use images. Any support or opposition and comments is encouraged. Thank you. -- MECU≈ talk 20:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm wondering if I can use text from the Creative Commons website on Wikipedia. Their site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. Is that compatible with the GFDL? The CC discussion implies they can be (with one caveat), but I'm unclear whether:
Thanks for your help! Drernie 18:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I would like to include a screenshot from the Wikipedia in an article I am writing. Can I do this under the copyright guidelines or do I need additional permission? Mcc6676 19:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)mcc6676
Among other issues, there may be a copyright violation in the WP category and subcategories discussed here. Comments from knowledgeable people would be appreciated. KarlBunker 14:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
This webpage was linked to as a "see also" link in an article ... I think the website may violate copywrite, and thus not be useable as a link, but I am not sure. Could someone please check? Thanks Blueboar 19:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Can I use photographs of campaign buttons from a failed political campaign. My own photographs, that's not any part of the question, just are the slogans on the buttons copyrighted by the politician? Any fair use? Thanks. KP Botany 01:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
For the article " Nord Stream" and for some bio articles I would like to use some images from the Nord Stream AG image gallery. All this images are protected by following copyright notice: "The content and design of the Web site is subject to copyright. Pages and contents may only be duplicated with the prior agreement of Nord Stream AG, unless the duplication is of a nature which does not need consent, in accordance with legal stipulations." How to understand this part of "unless the duplication is of a nature which does not need consent, in accordance with legal stipulations"? Does that mean that for using in Wikipedia the prior agreement is needed or not? Thank you in advance. Beagel 18:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[4] hosts old Ordnance Survey maps published up to 1940. As per [5] these are now Public Domain. However the site uses both the Google Map API to display the images and also has the Creative Commons BY-NC-2.0 splashed all over it by the author. Since the maps themselves are PD, can I ignore the CC licence as it's a licence applied to freely available information and go screenshot happy ripping maps for upload? Foxhill 05:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Once a painting is purchased, who owns the copyright? Is it the owner or the painter? I have a friend who owns a painting by Piran Bishop, and the owner is happy for it to be photographed and used non-commercially under a CC licence, but neither of us is sure whether she or the painter holds the copyright. Any thoughts? (Sorry - I'm sure this is a really basic question, but I'm stuck!) Squeezeweasel 17:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Back when I was just a wee lad, I put multiple book cover images on single articles. For example, the "Release details" section of the article for Blue Moon (novel) includes images of the UK edition and hardcover second edition of that novel, in addition to the first edition image in the infobox.
That seems to be within the scope contemplated by Template:Bookcover, which states only that a book cover be needed to "illustrate" a particular book, but I wanted to double-check. What do people think about whether we can use multiple book cover images in a single article? Thanks, TheronJ 21:29, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
I have listed Image:PETA dumpster incident dead animal retrieval.jpg on IFD and would like for another pair or two of copyright-concerned eyes to take a look at it. The image is from an anti-PETA website that gives no indication of who the actual copyright holder is. It is speculated, though not known, that the source is likely a news media photo. I would appreciate it if some of the others who monitor this page would take a look at the IFD and help to build a consensus on whether this image is acceptable under our fair use policy. Thank you. BigDT 18:10, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I believe using this Time Life Cover on the article Bob Willoughby under fair use is acceptable because it is a magazine cover, replaceability isn't possible since a picture of the cover would show the identical information and copyright may still belong to Time Magazine, the article directly talks about this cover and is a critical component to this article, ie, This was the first time a motion picture studio hired a special or unit photographer to specifically take photographs for sale to magazines. whereas it is also Bob's big break (according to the article). The uploaded image should not appear on Judy Garland's article page. Any comments? -- MECU≈ talk 19:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Are mug shots by U.S. police and sheriff agencies considered public domain? They are created as a means of public identification of suspects and criminals, and are often widely released. For instance Image:PatrickTribett.jpg, which enjoys de facto public domain status on the Internet at large, was released to the public by the Belmont County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office.
I guess this is more a policy question to me than one regarding a specific usage. In what situations are mug shots (of living, and of no-longer-living individuals) permissable? In what situations (aside from explicit copyright) are they not? Does it depend on the copyright policy at the level of government that produced the image (are FBI mug shots permissible as a product of the U.S. Federal government? How about local governments that have released their intellectual property rights to their work"?) Or are mug shots to be assumed as public domain based on the explicit purpose of the "genre"? Thanks. E riel honan 22:09, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
As a corollary question - please look at this issue viz fair use as well as public domain. In the example, the image is a widely distributed Internet meme. In an article on the meme itself or the websites at which the meme originated or took a strong hold, does fair use apply if public domain does not? Or could fair use be more widely considered, again based on the purpose of the "genre". Thanks again. E riel honan 07:40, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
User:Nareklm is interested in using content from Armenica.org. Their about page explains that their license is generally free, except for one caveat:
This seems to be obviously incompatible with the GFDL.
All its images have a watermark in the corner, and I wondered if the no-modify clause was only meant to protect that. Nareklm emailed the website to clarify whether their no-modify clause was meant only to ensure attribution. They replied:
Please feel free to use any map on our site as long as the name of Armenica.org and if possible a link to our site is present in the copy right text.
Thank you for your interest in Armenica.org and I hope that you will find our future updates as useful ans interesting.
Barevnerov,
Vahagn AvedianKey words: Feel free to use any map (image) as long as Armenica.org is mentioned in the text. This is what we already do with images, and what the GFDL requires. So is this sufficient to begin using Armenica.org content on Wikipedia? -- Interiot 08:33, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
I am aware that US postage stamp designs prior to the 1970s have been explicitly released to the public domain, besides being (usually) the work of the US government and, in the case of 19th century material, old enough to have expired copyrights in any case. However, does the same apply to images of postal history? Specifically, can columbian-245-piece.jpg (Figure 2) from this page be used for the article on the Columbian Issue? The Philatelic Foundation certainly holds copyright to the text of the article, but is there copyright in force on that image? The package was mailed Feb 19, 1897; copyrights (if any apply at all to the exterior of an envelope or package sent via public mail) should have expired, unless the derivative electronic image is covered separately. An opinion better versed in this aspect of copyright law would help a great deal. Thanks! Serpent's Choice 12:08, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Would I be correct in understanding that, in general, a pre-1978 political poster that carries no copyright notice would be in the public domain?
If someone can answer that, I'd appreciate if you ping my user talk page, since this page can be a bit hard to keep track of. - Jmabel | Talk 00:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
I have a photo that I took myself of a logo that I want to add to the article for the Penn State Blue Band - I'm unsure on the policy in this regard: since I took it myself and will be licensing it under GFDL/CC, the photo itself is okay to use, but if the photo is basically entirely comprised of an organization's logo, will it still need fair use rationale? -- PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 21:34, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to improve the quality of the maps available for New Zealand, but all I really need is accurate coastal outlines of various areas. If I find a detailed map online, what is the situation if I take a screen grab, then blank all the actual information on the map just leaving the coastline as the basis for my new map. Does this count as a derived work ? Malathos 18:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
I am not sure whether I can use this linguistic map of the Caucasus.
The article on the languages of the Caucasus currently uses this map as an illustration. While it gives an overview of the linguistic situation in the region, it is far from accurate and leaves out a lot of the details, only showing 28 of the more than 51 languages spoken there. The map that I linked to in the first line, from HUNMAGYAR.ORG, would be a wonderful improvement, were it not that it sais here that their ethnographic maps come from National Geographic, which is not part of the American government and generally prohibits redistribution of its work ( here). However, some of HUNMAGYAR.ORG's other ethnolinguistic maps, such as this one are also featured on Wikipedia ( here), where they are attributed to the U.S. government, which makes them free to use. So, somewhere along the line, something does not add up. Can I reuse the map? Or alternatively, can I use it claiming fair use (like HUNMAGYAR.ORG itself does) as it is such a vital illustration for an article on the languages of the Caucasus? Sephia karta 23:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
There is a picture I would like to use from Flickr [7] but I'm unsure of what copyright status it has. I don't use Flickr so I don't know where to look. Would this image be under an appropriate licence for Wikipedia? There is another picture also [8] would this be more appropriate? James086 Talk | Contribs 11:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
There's an image on page 7 of this PDF that I'd like to use at police box. The information given in the article is that it's from an 1894 advertisement for the National Telephone Company, which ceased to exist in 1911. Is the image in public domain? And (although I realize that this isn't quite in the purview of this help section), assuming that it can be used here, how exactly do I go about removing the image from the PDF? (I'm on a Mac.) Thanks! — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 07:00, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Lahiru k and I have been talking about a bunch of photographs they've uploaded from 50 YEARS ON – 1949-1999, a book published by the army of Sri Lanka (e.g. 1, 2). Apparently the book has no individual photo credits, and only the statement "The Content of this book is sole property of Sri Lanka Army and any duplication is liable for prosecution. Reproduction of the content is possible provided its source is given its recognition." Incidentally, this is nearly identical to the statement on the army's front web page (though many subpages simply say "all rights reserved"). I'm concerned about using these photos under {{ Attribution}} because of uncertainly of the individual photos' ownership, and because of that casual and somewhat contradictory copyright statement. Any thoughts? × Meegs 21:33, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I got a 1964 book from the library about the Long Island Rail Road, and it has some photos from as early as 1865 that would be nice additions to the article. The majority are credited "collection of someone" rather than to the actual copyright holder. A few are credited to libraries. How old would a photo in the book have to be to be assured of being public domain? Would the ones credited to libraries be acceptable as fair use (assuming they are irreplaceable, with a rationale, etc.) despite not having a copyright holder listed? Thank you for any answers. -- NE2 19:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Greetings. I REALLY tried to figure this out myself, but reading all the definitions and following the links left me a little dizzy! So, can i use this image on my user page, where I'm just indicating I am a Narnia fan and wish I could actually travel there? Thanks!-- Anietor 19:45, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello! I'm new to Wikipedia, and want to make sure I'm doing this right. I am currently working on adding the history of our company and have three images I'd like to use. One shows two men in front of a [9] blacksmithing shop (they are deceased); one shows our company [10] president with the unit he invented and the third shows our [11] company logo. All images are owned by our company. Can someone please take a look and let me know what I need to do to be able to use them? Thank you so much! Ajcross2455 15:03, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Can I use pictures from The Virtual Fossil Museum with credit? Adam Cuerden talk 04:14, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a track layout map for a station that I would quite like to use on Wikipedia. Assuming that the map is still protected by copyright, I obviously would not be able to upload it to Wikipedia or Commons. But, could I create my own version of it, using the original for reference and upload that without breaching copyright? It wouldn't be a direct reproduction of course, but I would essentially be conveying the information taken from the original in my own way. → Ollie ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Is the license on this image "free enough" for use on Wikipedia user and talk pages? I'd like to get the copyrights sorted out before I propsoe it as a possible WikiProject award. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 21:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
It's OK — the creator has released the image under CC 2.5. (See here.) So I think we're cool. Thanks for your patience, everyone. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 01:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
“ | I, Rob Semenoff, have irrevocably released all rights to this image, allowing it to be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited in any way by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, with or without attribution to myself, as if in the public domain. However, as a courtesy, a link back to my site and my name would be appreciated. | ” |
I hope that is free enough for our purposes. If the image's tag is incorrect, would someone please change it to the appropriate one? Thanks. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 16:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Is the US form 7233-4 that is available from here and can be seen here covered under Work of the United States Government? The form is the US version of the ICAO flight plan. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I am not very clear on the status of Chinese copyright law. Is a translation of a Chinese document likely to be a copyright violation? Does it matter if it is a temporary, computurised translation (e.g. Altavista), or a handdone translation published on a website? Thanks for the help, Armedblowfish ( talk| mail) 14:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
This is copy-and-pasted from WT:USRD:
I'll probably start putting up maps of Interstates shortly according to the standards, but I wondered if my technique is a copyright violation.
I would zoom in to the scale I want on Google Maps and take a screen copy. Then I would trace the roads on a separate layer above the Google Maps screenshot.
Is this derivative work a copyvio?
Thanks in advance! — Rob ( talk) 16:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
By the way, this may all be moot, since these maps are public domain and large enough scale, though there may be some minor issues with patching together states. -- NE2 06:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Person A writes a business letter to person B. Person B dies and person C buys a bunch of documents from his estate that includes the letter. I purchase the letter from person C. Can I publish the letter? Do I now own the copyrights to it? Can I take a photo of it and release it under GFDL? SteveBaker 23:34, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed that a user named BoaTeeth has repeatedly had trouble uploading images to contribute to the Bruce Hornsby article over the past weeks. Many of the images that user attempted to use were not properly tagged, etc, but the ongoing discussion on the various image pages, various user talk pages, etc, indicates, in my opinion, that good faith has been assumed by all parties...both the user trying to upload images to improve the article and by the questions regarding copyright. BoaTeeth makes a good point somewhere in the discussion about the vast number of musician pages, particularly branching off of the jam band Wikipedia Category, that are attempting to make use of Creative Commons licensing for images (usually taken from Flickr). Given that this problem has been ongoing, and that the Bruce Hornsby talk page features a request that images be added, I took it upon myself to contact the owner and operator of www.Bruuuce.com, a fan website for Bruce Hornsby which features a number of images of the musician (some of which are copyrighted on the images by the original photographer, the balance of which are copyrighted by owner and operator of the website due to the copyright notice on the webpage itself). The owner and operator of the website has granted me permission to use any of the images for which he is the copyright holder (his exact words were "any of the images not copyrighted to other photographers") on the Bruce Hornsby Wikipedia article. Surely the inclusion of such images in the article, which has undergone a substantial amount of very admirable revision recently, would serve to improve the quality of the article by illustrating some of the various time periods/performance circumstances discussed. I am writing now, before attempting to upload any images, to clarify exactly how these images should be sourced/tagged. I realize that these images would be in jeopardy of not qualifying for fair use; however, there seem to be no images of Bruce Hornsby available for fair use or for use under Creative Commons licensing. I've noticed that such pages as Billy Joel have resorted to really poor quality Dept. of Education images, Elton John to a highly questionable self-uploaded poster, and Jon Fishman and Trey Anastasio of the band Phish have both had images be the subject of much scrutiny and questioning. Surely it is best for Wikipedia to have encyclopedia-esque chroniclings of these public figures, images and all, especially when high-quality images are being offered for free use. Could these images from www.Bruuuce.com be uploaded and credited to that website owner, giving future Wikipedia readers/users the opportunity to contact the source to verify the permissions? It seems a real shame to have so many articles with such a paucity of images. I'm awaiting further advice (either here or on my talk page, or both) before I proceed, but I'm eager to try to add these images, for which permission has been given, to what has become a very exciting and vibrant article. Thanks for your help. Snidleysnide 18:59, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up (sorry): If these images are deemed usable on Wikipedia, then would the sourcing/tagging for them be done similarly to Image:SCI2005.jpg, found in the article jam band? Snidleysnide 20:52, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I received an award about a year ago from Dr. Alma Adams ( American Legacy building in Washington DC), and have picture with her in them. I noticed that there isn't one of her. I can crop her out, but I'm not familiar with what, if any, copyright/licensing terms apply to this image. I do not know any of the photographers, but believe they were taking the pictures for media coverage of me (so I was told). I saw something about pictures of legislators being uncopyrightable, but am not sure if that applies in this case, since it was taken in a private building and the original image included other people. Any ideas? Should I post it, or is uploading it something illegal that I'd get blocked for? Smokeresearcher 04:35, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Does the image qualify as fair use? If nobody can tell who the photographer was, when does the 70-year copyright expiration period start: is it when the subject died or when the photo was taken? -- Cameltrader 21:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
It's been generally accepted by highway editors that U.S. highway markers used by states to mark their roads are not copyrighted. For instance, the Interstate Highway shield is trademarked but not copyrighted, and thus there are no problems with using it in an encyclopedia: [16] It's also been generally accepted that toll road markers are copyrighted. However, a search through [17] for the names of several toll authorities, such as New York State Thruway Authority and New Jersey Highway Authority, turns up a few results but none for the marker. (Any marker created before 1989 would have had to be registered, since there is never a copyright notice on the actual sign.) Can someone give advice, either here or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York State routes#A letter from Public Affairs, NYS Thruway Authority, on whether this database is complete, etc.? Thank you. -- NE2 19:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Yuen Ren Chao was one of the 20th century's great linguists & the inventor of an important Chinese romanization system known as Gwoyeu Romatzyh. I would very much like to include a photo of Chao as a young man in both articles. This was probably taken about 1914-16, when Chao was a student.
I've asked the webmaster at pinyin.info about this image, & he tells me the picture was scanned from Autobiography of a Chinese Woman (John Day Company, New York, 1947), written by Chao's wife, Buwei Yang. He copied Chao's signature and superimposed it on the photo. Can I just go ahead & use it? Is John Day Co. still in business? I don't want to waste time using an image that's going to be deleted! Or am I just being over-conscientious?
Ideally this photo or a another one of Chao should be in the Commons. So if anyone can suggest another, free-use one, that would be fine. -- NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 10:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Anyone know if I can upload and use this image here [18] of Wingerworth Hall taken in 1920 Giano 16:49, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I like finding and uploading to Wikipedia pictures from postcards that were printed before 1923 and are therefore copyright free. eBay has a lot of good pictures of them. Occasionally there's some kind of "border" (some colored background that the postcard was up against when it was photographed) and eBay has a little cartoonish image of a camera on the lower right hand corner of its pictures. I see no value to eBay or eBay sellers and certainly none to us at Wikipedia or to anyone else in having these, and I'm reluctant to use them, although when I find a particularly useful image, I upload it anyway. Is there any legal problem with this at all? I assume if there were some added value that the eBay camera image gave to the picture, or the "border" then we couldn't use it because, for one thing, it would be post-1923. And if I knew how to crop the picture to avoid anything not in the postcard, I would. Since I don't want to go through this kind of work and see my images deleted, someone please tell me if I'm doing anything wrong here. Thanks! Noroton 02:41, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
This site has many low res scans of PRC propaganda posters and the author seems pretty cool about allowing them to be used subject to the conditions listed. Are they acceptable here and what kind of entry needs to be made when uploading the image? thnx -- killing sparrows 07:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Would a scan of a "gold" CD for a piece of software (ie, the gold disc, not the retail disc) be accepted as fair use if put in the article Software release life cycle which discusses the subject matter of gold discs, but not the software on the gold disc specifically? SchmuckyTheCat 04:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I asked for permission to use an image, and got the following response:
Is that a no-go for Wikipedia use, then, with the "no modification" clause? Or is there some way to make that work? Lyrl Talk C 00:37, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
I ran into the article Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia speedy tagged as a copyright violation. I went and looked at the source and found it to be a GFDL-licensed Wiki. I've added text to Talk:Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia that I think satisfies the GFDL-attribution guideline - but I'm verrrry new at copyright-related matters, so I put my neck on the block here and ask you to chop or not ... can OrthodoxWiki content be used on Wikipedia and is the attribution I've provided satisfactory. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 01:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi there,
I posted this question above and got no response nor did I get a response on the Media copyright questions page so I'll try here again. I am trying to determine the copyright status of political propaganda posters created in the People's Republic of China during the 1950's. This collection of posters and the site's copyright information and attribution policy seem to say that they would fall under GFDL and that {{ Attribution}} would apply, but images from the same site, which are currently being used in Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius, Propaganda in the People's Republic of China and other Wikipedia articles are used under {{ politicalposter}} as fair use. Any ideas on the actual status of these images? Thanks!-- killing sparrows (chirp!) 03:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Am I allowed to use the profile pictures used on uefa.com such as this one
[19] of Rafael Marquez?
If not, then why are profile pictures from the same site allowed used on this page for
Cyril Théréau or
Nicolae Dică?
Blackjanedavey 16:18, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I asked about it here once before, and was told that since banknotes are two-dimensional, the only copyright holder is whoever produced the banknote, and the person who scanned it has no rights (but coins are different, since they're 3-D). Please correct me if I'm mistaken about this. If I'm right, would someone please check {{ PD-banknote}} and let me know if it's an appropriate/useful tag? Many websites with banknotes on them claim some type of copyright, and I think it would be helpful to have a tag that explains the situation. If there's a better way to go about it, please let me know. Thanks, Ingrid 22:10, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I have "co-pilot" license that the monorail pilots hand out at Walt Disney World. The car has the ©Disney on the front. Which Licensing do I need to select? HeadMouse 19:47, 13 May 2007 (UTC)HeadMouse
ANYONE??
HeadMouse 03:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)HeadMouse
I have a question about old Soviet propaganda films (which I have moved myself to this page). WP:C says that:
“ | According to the Russian copyright law of 1993 (
Федеральный закон от 9.07.1993 № 5351-1), the following items are not subject to copyrights:
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” |
Goskino appears to have been the "publisher" of movies created by certain Soviet filmmakers before 1953. Does that make these movies, and especially propaganda films undertaken at the behest of Stalin, either "official documents" or "state symbols and tokens"? I'm asking because I'd like to add a still of actor Mikheil Gelovani (who has been dead for over 50 years) to his article. The image is from the 1950 movie "Fall of Berlin, Part II". But I obviously don't want to add this if there would be a copyright problem. -- Charlene 20:29, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Can I use any of these photos for my article on Joe Baksi?
I can reduce rez if I have to.
If not, can I use a lower res or a crop?-- Work permit 03:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I uploaded this image from spacetelescope.org which is freely licensed under certain conditions. Namely:
Points three and four don't affect anything (since there's nobody in the image. Point one is easily covered with an {{attribution}} license tag - but I'm slightly troubled about point two. It seems to me that this is probably fine, but I'm not positive, and wanted a second/third/forth set of eyes to check it out. WilyD 14:13, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
There's very few images of Old 666 left, but I found a page with a few artistic interpretations of the famous B-17. I have no idea who did the painting in particular I'd like to tag on the 666 Article, but it can be found on this website. [26] Specific Image: [27]
I only request it because there are so few images of Old 666. Rett Mikhal 01:25, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible that I can use this image?: [28]
I was wondering if it's possible that images made for profiles can be used on Wikipedia.
BTW, I'm using it for my User-page.
SaintFireMole 04:15, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Would this image of Blair Hornstine from this website be acceptable in the article about her under Wikipedia's fair use policy? It is apparently a photo from Hornstine's high school years. Hornstine's whereabouts (namely, the college she is attending) are generally unknown, and I was unable to find a free alternative. -- Ali 06:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Would the image here be ok to upload? The subject died in 1880, so I assume the picture is out of copyright? If it is ok to use, what do I list as the copyright holder/author and the source in the description? Thanks -- McKDandy 22:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I have an image of Mick Fleetwood that was created recently - however, the image includes the cover of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours within it. Could this be be released under a free license? -- Brandt Luke Zorn 22:38, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys, I took a few pics of my nephews first holy communion at the weekend. I have a couple of photos taken from behind the kids so that it is hard to identify them but you can clearly see the communion dresses. I was hoping to add an image to First Communion on the Traditions section to help explain the clothing used. Is it okay to use an image of a person without their knowledge if you cannot clearly make that person out? I hope my question makes sense! Thanks. Red minx 15:56, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I believe they are not, and that they are derivative works of copyrighted images. PrinceGloria disagrees with me. This issue is important since the images are used in templates, so fair use is not good enough. Our discussion is at Image talk:Lancia logo.jpg. I would appreciate an outside opinion. nadav ( talk) 13:22, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election, 2007 currently has free use pics of 2 of the 6 candidates. To avoid bias I think there should be pics of all 6 of the cadidates (collectivly in one pic or indidudualy). The other 4 cadidates don't currently have free use images on wikipedia. I think I could get a good image of them all in a screengrab from the debate they had on newsnight: http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6700000/newsid_6703000/6703037.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm Would such an image be appopriate to use in the article under fair use rationale? Tomgreeny 01:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Do we have guidelines or official policies that indicate whether or not Wikipedia can use photos that depict acts that are illegal within the jurisdiction in which they were taken? (Example: if wearing orange socks is illegal in Nova Scotia, can Wikipedia's article on socks include a photo of a person wearing orange socks while in Nova Scotia?) Perhaps I am being obtuse, but after reviewing the image help files, I do not see anything on the legality of jurisdictional subject matter. Thanks, Kralizec! ( talk) 14:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
With this image as a precedent, I'd like to upload a photo I have taken myself of the beer bottle from another brand. My question is that although the photo is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, the depicted design is under copyright by the company. Is it still ok to use such photos? — AldeBaer 11:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Can I upload a self-made Microsoft Excel graph (not a screenshot, but merely what one would print), and if so, under which license? Belection06 12:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I would like to use the image of a historical ambulance on this web site: ( http://www.steamtraction.com/archive/5090/) to illustrate part of the Ambulance article. Is this permitted, as the publication of the original drawings is from a 1955 magazine, if so under what license?
Owain.davies 17:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I want to upload an image of an image from this website page: http://www.bumperactive.com/do/catalog/Search?likeText=rosita
There are two images on that page and the one I want to upload is the second one - #3156 Si, Se Puede [Rosita the Riveter]
Directly underneath the image, the site clearly states that this image is in the public domain. My first problem is that when I use the Wikipedia upload form to uploade an image from a website at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Upload&uselang=en-internet
and I get to the licensing box I do not know which item from the drop down list to choose
My second problem is that I am unsure what the Source Filename should be. Is it the web address where the image is located? - this one: http://www.bumperactive.com/do/catalog/Search?likeText=rosita
My third problem is that I do not know what an appropriate file name for the Destination Filename would be. Is "Rosita the Riveter" OK to use?
My fourth problem, and this probably should have been my first question to you, is that the image contains a website address on it: bumperactive.com Is this a problem? Would it be considered an advertisement or solicitation and if so, would it be an appropriate image to upload? Also, because it is in the public domain would I be allowed, legally, to crop out the website address? If so, I'll have to do that with editing software and save it to my own computer. If I do this would this change the Source Filename and then what would the Source Filename be?
Thanks for your help. I've never done this before. Chicaneo 07:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I know not all images on US government webistes are PD, so I wanted to ask: if a photo on a page in a US gov website doesn't have a copyright notice, but it does have a photo credit, is it PD or not? The image I'm interested in is the first one at this page. It's credited to PISCO, which I assume is the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, not a government organization, found at this website. I was going to tag it with {{ PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}}, but now I'm not sure. Thanks. -- Joelmills 23:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Can I use
this image? I found it on multiple websites:
http://www.philmontm1.com/waite_phillips.htm - which is copyrighted
and
http://www.cob.montevallo.edu/JanneyRT/history.htm
http://www.troop433.pair.com/id78.htm
These sites do not appear to be copyrighted.
I have no clue when the photo was taken, only the information given on the sites.
Thanks,
Pnswmr 00:10, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
I have an image of a Pakistan Air Force Hawker Fury aircraft, and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to upload it. This image was distributed for free to families of airforce officers as posters. Does that mean it's free content? If I upload it, what license will it go under?
here is the image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/merlinstar87/Miscellaneous/Furry.jpg
Would appreciate any help! Zaindy87 08:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm confused...when is it okay for a mirror or fork to remove links to the original article. I mean if you have instances in which content has changed so dramatically that it's no longer representative of the original article, say 90 or so percent, shouldn't a simple link to the history of the page and the GFDL suffice? I just don't understand because some people want to use the info to get a healthy base of users but then it doesn't seem fair that the article should still remain linked to an author whose information is no longer contained within it. -- Itripblindkids 01:20, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Below is a discussion I've been having with Nick. Basically, the entry for External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI) uses language from the Basel 2 framework where the term is defined. The copyright for the Basel 2 framework permits copying, provided reference is made: Epstein's Mother 14:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Given this discussion and the type of copyright notice on the Basel Framework, can a brief excerpt from the Framework which states what an ECAI is and the criteria used to determine which entities qualify be used? Epstein's Mother 17:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I posted this over at the help desk at commons, but since there is a lot of potential material to be mined from this source, I want to be doubly sure. The United States Geological Survey operates the National Wildlife Health Center, which publishes several fact sheets and pamphlets, and also the Field Manual of Wildlife Disease — General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds, which is a wealth of photos of diseases in birds. There is usually a photo credit, but it is to the same two or three people consistently, and from doing a google search I know for absolute certain that at least one of them is an employee of the USGS. I am nearly 100 percent certain the images are in the public domain since it is a publication by a federal organization, but I am likely to use a lot of these photos, and I want to be sure. Thanks. -- Joelmills 00:49, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I would like to post an image to the Ford Econoline article that needs a 2nd generation picture for reference. As a courtesy to the owner, I requested via email use of the image and I received a immediate failure of Delivery as the address is no longer functioning. I took it a step farther and joined a message board that was linked from the web site and tried contacting the administrator though that with the same error in emailing and I was not able to PM him as this function was disabled by the Admin.
The image in Question: http://home.earthlink.net/~econoline74/MVC-004F.JPG
The last time the page was updated was 1999 and the page master even stated on the site that he is only keeping the page up for pictures and information and the is not much updating anymore.
Can this Image be used under Fair use Policy ?? Yours 04:17, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much I never even thought of checking that. The 1st image in the search results should work great Yours 16:57, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm looking for a photo I could use for the article on David Falk. I've had my eye on one, but don't know if it's acceptable to use or not. I would appreciate it if someone could 1) tell me if the image I give below is acceptable (in which case upload and post it in the article, or inform me and I can do it), and 2) if this image is not acceptable to use, it would be great if someone could find an acceptable photo.
I found the pic in an article entitled "Falk meets with Sport Management and Law Students," posted on 10/10/2006. The article can be found at this address: < http://hshp.syr.edu/news.asp?id=329&type=archive>
The direct link to the image is: < http://hshp.syr.edu/images/Falk(1).jpg>
I'm wondering if it could fall into fair use since I can only find one other photo (via ESPN). I've tried using a number of free photo searches, including Flickr search, yotophoto.com, and fotosearch.com.
Thanks! Joseph Petek 17:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
This image is spread around the net, but I'm not positive who took the photo. I do know the name of the artist who carved the relief, and I do know he carved it for the US government, in a way that probably makes him a US government employee (he was hired/commissioned to do the work, rather than having it purchased after creation). Now, it seems to me it's very possible this would qualify as a "Slavish reproduction" of the work and be in the public domain - with this kind of carving, you just point and shoot, maybe checking lighting - you don't even really choose an angle to photograph from or anything. I want some second opinions, though. Cheers, Wily D 14:39, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Is it okay to use images from http://daviswiki.org/Campus ? it has creative commons attribution sharealike 3.0, which doesn't appear in the upload dropdown menu Nguyenmdk 09:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC) Nevermind. I found the answer Nguyenmdk 09:28, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I want advice from someone regarding a pigeon image found in [33]. I want to use that image because I created an article called William of Orange (Pigeon) and I found this image that illustrates the exact pigeon that the article talks about. I know that I need to include {{ Crowncopyright}} along with a fair use rationale. What other licensing should I use? OhanaUnited Talk page 17:00, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Can I copy an entry from a copyrighted dictionary to a talk page? Specifically, I am in the process of collaborating with other editors about the meaning of a specific word, and I am reading the rather large etymology of that word found in the Oxford English Dictionary, 2,700 words long. I am reading this etymology from a subscription limited access paid website. The other editors in the collaboration do not have access to this subscription website, or convenient access to the printed version of the dictionary in a library close to their home. Can I copy and paste the 2,700 word entry from the subscription site and reprint it to the talk page so these other editors can read it? SaltyBoatr 15:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Can I use this image from Comedy Central's Store? I want to put it in the Stephen Colbert article to demonstrate his interest in science fiction, and it could be used for The Colbert Report article, as well. If not, is there some way I can use something similar, like a caption from the show? - Boss1000 21:04, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
I obtained permission from AVN Media Network to use an image of Brooke Ashley on her Wikipedia article. I will quote the request here:
I would like to request permission to use the image http://www.avn.com:8080/imagearchive/23/63/49/236349BrookeAshley_lg.jpg from the article http://www.avn.com/articles/236349.html on Ms. Ballowe’s (Brooke Ashley’s) Wikipedia page located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Ashley.
I will quote the grant of permission here:
Permission granted if you include “Used with permission of AVN Media Network”.
This seems to fit closely with the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. However, this was not explicitly stated. Before I upload and use the image, should I attempt to obtain permission under a free license such as the GFDL, or get an explicit statement of agreement to the Creative Commons license I previously mentioned? -- Godfoster 21:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
It has been quite some time since I got an answer here, so I am requesting help. I would like to get this permissions issue resolved as soon as possible. -- Godfoster 19:34, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to use this this photo on the Anti-Armenianism page to demonstrate growing anti-Armenian sentiment in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Does this fall under fair use for critical commentary? The Myotis 20:29, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to use this image of a dekatron counter tube on the Dekatron page; please advise; thank you!
The image involved here is a reproduction of a full-page New York Times ad, "Heed Their Rising Voices...", originally published on 29 March 1960. The ad was the subject matter of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan a very important case in US Constitutional law, and so an image of the actual ad might well be considered "iconic" and "historically significant" It is surely not replaceable by anything else. Lewis, the author of Make no Law, the classic book-length study of the case, used the reproduction as the frontispiece for that book. Surely this is a transformative use, and equally surely there is no current commercial market for an image of a newspaper ad from 1960. Furthermore, since the ad was published in the US before 1964, and all of its authors were US nationals, it is now in the Public Domain in the US unless copyright on the ad (which would have belonged to the fund-raising committee that wrote the ad, not to the Times) was renewed. The committee was surely disbanded long before the renewal period in 1988-89, so the copyright is unlikly to have been renewed, and a search of the on line renewal records at the Library of congress reveals no such renewal -- but for such short works the records are not always complete, or may be filed under a misleading heading. Still perhaps this constitutes sufficient due diligence? DES (talk) 23:32, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Can I use this image (found here) for use on the above article's page? I was wondering if it could be promotional use? Cheers -- Halo2020 Talk 00:24, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
OK. Thanks for your help! -- Halo2020 Talk 10:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I have access to a family photograph of Jakob Ehrlich that, by guessing his age, appears to have been taken about 1915. It has the appearance of being taken by a professional photographer although there is nothing on the photo to indicate who took it. The photo itself belongs to a descendant of the subject. Erhlich resided in Vienna Austria and died in 1938. I am trying to get more information about the origins of the photograph, but I am not sure what I need to know to determine whether it can be used. -- KenWalker | Talk 15:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
This isnt really pre-inclusion, but is the review on Man!_I_Feel_like_a_Woman! from billboard a copyvio? Corpx 07:29, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello! Can I use this picture [34] I got it here. So I can post it on the Daryl Palumbo article which is lacking a picture. And well it's just not complete. The picture is a promo for his band Head Automatica. Thanks in advance. Xcat777x
Thanks!! Xcat777x
Could this image be used under fair use? http://www.petsmart.com/media/ps/images/guides/aspca/Cat/york_chocolate_4e77.jpg York Chocolate Cat needs an image of the cat and that is the only image of one that I can find on the Internet. It (or versions of it) is featured on quite a few websites:
http://www.petsmart.com/media/ps/images/guides/aspca/Cat/york_chocolate_4e77.jpg http://www.oocities.com/pndtpa/breeds/yorkchocolate.jpg http://www.assetsoflife.com/The-Cat-Place/Cat%20Images/York-Chocolate_Cat.1.JPG http://www.assetsoflife.com/The-Cat-Place/Cat%20Images/York-Chocolate_Cat.1_small.JPG http://www.pet.gen.tr/2002/cats_pics/cats_68.jpg http://www.clubmascotas.cl/db_images/razas/york_chocolate.jpg http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/2001052825318080_2.jpg
Thank you! Please respond on my talk page if it is convenient.
-- Theunicyclegirl talk 18:01, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Are these pictures fair use for the guns article? [39] Reply in my talk page if that's convenient. I've been able to find quite a few different pictures of it online, but these are the best ones. Does the credit back to the barrett rifles website constitute some sort of copyright? Thanks. Clegs 03:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
In the past, Legoland Windsor has performed shows in a number of it's own venues within the park - these are no longer performed. I have a leaflet with promotional shots of the shows. As a) the shows are no longer performed, so no other pictures can be taken, and b) it's promotional work, would it be covered under fair use? Can I legally upload it? If so, which license? Please respond on my talk page, if possible. Thanks! TheIslander 19:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
Thanks, —
Bob • (
talk) • 21:30, July 24, 2007 (UTC)
I would like to know if this logo would be appropriate to upload and use on the Kinnick Stadium article. Being the official logo of Kinnick Stadium, I think it would contribute to the article. Thanks. DanThaMan17 21:49, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I propose merging this to WP:MCQ because it seems like the questions that are asked are mostly the same, except many more editors monitor WP:MCQ. Here, questions just tend to sit around unanswered. Alternately we could make clear that this page is for non-image questions and the other page is for image questions. Calliopejen1 03:57, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
In the article Thiruvalluvar Statue (older version), the "Construction notes" section has been sourced from this webpage. While the copyright notice at the bottom of that specific page says
when I click on the notice it takes me to this more explicit copyright notice. There, it says
Is the original page acceptable to use as a source ? Lotlil 03:35, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to know if images from any Mexican government page are valid to use, for example in that page like the seal and/or the pictures of the city. Images in this page. And also if it is valid what is the proper copyright to use. Thanks Alixb 18:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
The first photo on [40] is almost certainly the one mentioned by Douglas C. Sackman, "Pacific World Passages: The Traffic in Trees and the Transformation of Space in Puget Sound, 1850-1900", ( Draft available online).
Sackman writes of " Asahel Curtis’s 1904 photograph of Hee… seated at his roll-top desk intently reading a paper, with shelves above neatly stacked with various and sundry items, parcels just received or ready to be sent stacked against the wall where a telephone hangs, a safe in the office’s corner—very much conveys the image of a man of business with far flung interests and connections."
Curtis was a professional photographer, so he most likely published this, but I don't have any proof of that. If he didn't, he died in 1941, so the 70 years since his death won't be up for 4 more years. And, I suppose, there is the possiblity that he published it, but not until after 1923, which (if the copyright was renewed) would keep it out of the public domain even longer.
Any suggestions on whether this should be "safe" to claim as public domain? Any suggestions on tracking down earliest publication date? (& could someone please "ping" my user talk page if you place a substantive answer here?) - Jmabel | Talk 17:42, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm positive this has been discussed sometime, somewhere, before, but I have looked thru as many copyright-related pages as I could think of and it's not clear. Today, on Premier League 2007-08, someone added football fixtures, which were then reverted by another user as a possible copyright violation. We discussed it for a little while on Talk:Premier League 2007-08#Fixture lists, but were hampered by the fact that I know very little about what I'm talking about.
So, after reading that talk page thread, could someone who knows more than me answer these questions:
Thanks in advance. -- barneca ( talk) 00:28, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
(undent) I finally found the quote by Jimbo Wales I was looking for: [41]. As I read it again, I think I now agree with Megapixie, who agrees with Jddphd; I suspect (but still don't know) that the answer to #3 is NO, there is no legal obligation; but I now agree that's a moot point. Based on this:
The situation with respect to treaties or non-treaties with the US seems
to me to have very little impact on this. As always, we have to balance various factors in thoughtful ways. Simply saying "Well, this is legal under US law, so let's do it" is not a very compelling argument. [42]
I think it doesn't matter whether #3 is YES or NO; we have no compelling need to disregard UK copyright law. I'm amazed too that this is copyrightable in the UK, and wish whoever it is that is fighting it in UK/EU courts well, but I think until it's legal there, we shouldn't do it here. Otherwise it won't be free to reuse in the UK, which would kind of defeat the point of free content. Thanks again to both of you for bearing with me as I learn something new. -- barneca ( talk) 12:36, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to use this image of the band And One for their article. DbishopNWF 18:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
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Image of José Manuel Barroso, from a political party website. Image located here: [1]. Enterance to photo gallery [2] states "All text and pictures in this Picture Gallery are free for use. However, recognition of the source, EPP-ED Group, would be appreciated." - no reply asking form email asking for clarification on this. - J Logan t: 20:56, 29 August 2007 (UTC)
I have found one reasonable photo of this scholar who died in 1944 in an article published by his daughter and son-in-law in 1966, in the scholarly journal "Applied Optics", vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 176, which is now available for free online:
I have no access to any other photo and have no obvious way to contact his family, since his daughter died in 2003. May I extract the photo of him as an old man and use it? If so, I'm confused about how to credit the photo. Thanks. Apoachroroger.
Hey, Der Schneeman is a German animated film made in the Second World War. It is rare. Can I use a screenshot from [ [3]] for the article I've been editing? I can find nothing such as a promotional poster. SIGURD42 15:57, 5 August 2007 (UTC)
Johnny Gill This image was used on an album cover (Let's Get the Mood Right, Motown, 1996) and is taken from the classic motown page on Johnny Gill. Thanks for your feedback. MissKriss 15:23, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
Terence Todman]. The image appears to be press release photo and there is no copyright info on the website.-- Ccson 02:35, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
The boatmen or gemidzii of Thesaloniki . I want the pick for this article . Can't find another :// Kanibalos 20:10, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Greetings! "Can I use..." the images from the following page for the above article?
Could I use that image under fair use or "with permission" since I'm pretty sure Wikipedia is a non-commerical web site. And if so, where should credit be given? Just on the image's description page? Could it be uploaded to the commons? Thanks in advance for the help! Rkitko 07:33, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
Greetings! I want to know:"Can I use ..." this image from the following page for the above article?
Thank you for your help! Goldenphoenix2007 05:03, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to use this image on the 2006 Rose Bowl article. I believe fair use is acceptable for this since it is a logo, historical, cannot be recreated, the article directly applies to it since it is directly and solely about the 2006 Rose Bowl for which the logo image is for and about. It is also found on the Official Website of the Rose Bowl which therefore concludes how they wish their logo to be represented. I figured I'd ask first though I do think this is (or should be, but that doesn't mean much anymore) acceptable given my past with fair use images. Any support or opposition and comments is encouraged. Thank you. -- MECU≈ talk 20:55, 4 December 2006 (UTC)
I'm wondering if I can use text from the Creative Commons website on Wikipedia. Their site is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 License. Is that compatible with the GFDL? The CC discussion implies they can be (with one caveat), but I'm unclear whether:
Thanks for your help! Drernie 18:29, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
I would like to include a screenshot from the Wikipedia in an article I am writing. Can I do this under the copyright guidelines or do I need additional permission? Mcc6676 19:02, 8 December 2006 (UTC)mcc6676
Among other issues, there may be a copyright violation in the WP category and subcategories discussed here. Comments from knowledgeable people would be appreciated. KarlBunker 14:06, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
This webpage was linked to as a "see also" link in an article ... I think the website may violate copywrite, and thus not be useable as a link, but I am not sure. Could someone please check? Thanks Blueboar 19:55, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Can I use photographs of campaign buttons from a failed political campaign. My own photographs, that's not any part of the question, just are the slogans on the buttons copyrighted by the politician? Any fair use? Thanks. KP Botany 01:50, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
For the article " Nord Stream" and for some bio articles I would like to use some images from the Nord Stream AG image gallery. All this images are protected by following copyright notice: "The content and design of the Web site is subject to copyright. Pages and contents may only be duplicated with the prior agreement of Nord Stream AG, unless the duplication is of a nature which does not need consent, in accordance with legal stipulations." How to understand this part of "unless the duplication is of a nature which does not need consent, in accordance with legal stipulations"? Does that mean that for using in Wikipedia the prior agreement is needed or not? Thank you in advance. Beagel 18:04, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
[4] hosts old Ordnance Survey maps published up to 1940. As per [5] these are now Public Domain. However the site uses both the Google Map API to display the images and also has the Creative Commons BY-NC-2.0 splashed all over it by the author. Since the maps themselves are PD, can I ignore the CC licence as it's a licence applied to freely available information and go screenshot happy ripping maps for upload? Foxhill 05:44, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Once a painting is purchased, who owns the copyright? Is it the owner or the painter? I have a friend who owns a painting by Piran Bishop, and the owner is happy for it to be photographed and used non-commercially under a CC licence, but neither of us is sure whether she or the painter holds the copyright. Any thoughts? (Sorry - I'm sure this is a really basic question, but I'm stuck!) Squeezeweasel 17:04, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
Back when I was just a wee lad, I put multiple book cover images on single articles. For example, the "Release details" section of the article for Blue Moon (novel) includes images of the UK edition and hardcover second edition of that novel, in addition to the first edition image in the infobox.
That seems to be within the scope contemplated by Template:Bookcover, which states only that a book cover be needed to "illustrate" a particular book, but I wanted to double-check. What do people think about whether we can use multiple book cover images in a single article? Thanks, TheronJ 21:29, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
I have listed Image:PETA dumpster incident dead animal retrieval.jpg on IFD and would like for another pair or two of copyright-concerned eyes to take a look at it. The image is from an anti-PETA website that gives no indication of who the actual copyright holder is. It is speculated, though not known, that the source is likely a news media photo. I would appreciate it if some of the others who monitor this page would take a look at the IFD and help to build a consensus on whether this image is acceptable under our fair use policy. Thank you. BigDT 18:10, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
I believe using this Time Life Cover on the article Bob Willoughby under fair use is acceptable because it is a magazine cover, replaceability isn't possible since a picture of the cover would show the identical information and copyright may still belong to Time Magazine, the article directly talks about this cover and is a critical component to this article, ie, This was the first time a motion picture studio hired a special or unit photographer to specifically take photographs for sale to magazines. whereas it is also Bob's big break (according to the article). The uploaded image should not appear on Judy Garland's article page. Any comments? -- MECU≈ talk 19:57, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
Are mug shots by U.S. police and sheriff agencies considered public domain? They are created as a means of public identification of suspects and criminals, and are often widely released. For instance Image:PatrickTribett.jpg, which enjoys de facto public domain status on the Internet at large, was released to the public by the Belmont County (Ohio) Sheriff's Office.
I guess this is more a policy question to me than one regarding a specific usage. In what situations are mug shots (of living, and of no-longer-living individuals) permissable? In what situations (aside from explicit copyright) are they not? Does it depend on the copyright policy at the level of government that produced the image (are FBI mug shots permissible as a product of the U.S. Federal government? How about local governments that have released their intellectual property rights to their work"?) Or are mug shots to be assumed as public domain based on the explicit purpose of the "genre"? Thanks. E riel honan 22:09, 15 December 2006 (UTC)
As a corollary question - please look at this issue viz fair use as well as public domain. In the example, the image is a widely distributed Internet meme. In an article on the meme itself or the websites at which the meme originated or took a strong hold, does fair use apply if public domain does not? Or could fair use be more widely considered, again based on the purpose of the "genre". Thanks again. E riel honan 07:40, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
User:Nareklm is interested in using content from Armenica.org. Their about page explains that their license is generally free, except for one caveat:
This seems to be obviously incompatible with the GFDL.
All its images have a watermark in the corner, and I wondered if the no-modify clause was only meant to protect that. Nareklm emailed the website to clarify whether their no-modify clause was meant only to ensure attribution. They replied:
Please feel free to use any map on our site as long as the name of Armenica.org and if possible a link to our site is present in the copy right text.
Thank you for your interest in Armenica.org and I hope that you will find our future updates as useful ans interesting.
Barevnerov,
Vahagn AvedianKey words: Feel free to use any map (image) as long as Armenica.org is mentioned in the text. This is what we already do with images, and what the GFDL requires. So is this sufficient to begin using Armenica.org content on Wikipedia? -- Interiot 08:33, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
I am aware that US postage stamp designs prior to the 1970s have been explicitly released to the public domain, besides being (usually) the work of the US government and, in the case of 19th century material, old enough to have expired copyrights in any case. However, does the same apply to images of postal history? Specifically, can columbian-245-piece.jpg (Figure 2) from this page be used for the article on the Columbian Issue? The Philatelic Foundation certainly holds copyright to the text of the article, but is there copyright in force on that image? The package was mailed Feb 19, 1897; copyrights (if any apply at all to the exterior of an envelope or package sent via public mail) should have expired, unless the derivative electronic image is covered separately. An opinion better versed in this aspect of copyright law would help a great deal. Thanks! Serpent's Choice 12:08, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
Would I be correct in understanding that, in general, a pre-1978 political poster that carries no copyright notice would be in the public domain?
If someone can answer that, I'd appreciate if you ping my user talk page, since this page can be a bit hard to keep track of. - Jmabel | Talk 00:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
I have a photo that I took myself of a logo that I want to add to the article for the Penn State Blue Band - I'm unsure on the policy in this regard: since I took it myself and will be licensing it under GFDL/CC, the photo itself is okay to use, but if the photo is basically entirely comprised of an organization's logo, will it still need fair use rationale? -- PSUMark2006 talk | contribs 21:34, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
I'd like to improve the quality of the maps available for New Zealand, but all I really need is accurate coastal outlines of various areas. If I find a detailed map online, what is the situation if I take a screen grab, then blank all the actual information on the map just leaving the coastline as the basis for my new map. Does this count as a derived work ? Malathos 18:09, 23 December 2006 (UTC)
I am not sure whether I can use this linguistic map of the Caucasus.
The article on the languages of the Caucasus currently uses this map as an illustration. While it gives an overview of the linguistic situation in the region, it is far from accurate and leaves out a lot of the details, only showing 28 of the more than 51 languages spoken there. The map that I linked to in the first line, from HUNMAGYAR.ORG, would be a wonderful improvement, were it not that it sais here that their ethnographic maps come from National Geographic, which is not part of the American government and generally prohibits redistribution of its work ( here). However, some of HUNMAGYAR.ORG's other ethnolinguistic maps, such as this one are also featured on Wikipedia ( here), where they are attributed to the U.S. government, which makes them free to use. So, somewhere along the line, something does not add up. Can I reuse the map? Or alternatively, can I use it claiming fair use (like HUNMAGYAR.ORG itself does) as it is such a vital illustration for an article on the languages of the Caucasus? Sephia karta 23:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
There is a picture I would like to use from Flickr [7] but I'm unsure of what copyright status it has. I don't use Flickr so I don't know where to look. Would this image be under an appropriate licence for Wikipedia? There is another picture also [8] would this be more appropriate? James086 Talk | Contribs 11:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
There's an image on page 7 of this PDF that I'd like to use at police box. The information given in the article is that it's from an 1894 advertisement for the National Telephone Company, which ceased to exist in 1911. Is the image in public domain? And (although I realize that this isn't quite in the purview of this help section), assuming that it can be used here, how exactly do I go about removing the image from the PDF? (I'm on a Mac.) Thanks! — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 07:00, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
Lahiru k and I have been talking about a bunch of photographs they've uploaded from 50 YEARS ON – 1949-1999, a book published by the army of Sri Lanka (e.g. 1, 2). Apparently the book has no individual photo credits, and only the statement "The Content of this book is sole property of Sri Lanka Army and any duplication is liable for prosecution. Reproduction of the content is possible provided its source is given its recognition." Incidentally, this is nearly identical to the statement on the army's front web page (though many subpages simply say "all rights reserved"). I'm concerned about using these photos under {{ Attribution}} because of uncertainly of the individual photos' ownership, and because of that casual and somewhat contradictory copyright statement. Any thoughts? × Meegs 21:33, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
I got a 1964 book from the library about the Long Island Rail Road, and it has some photos from as early as 1865 that would be nice additions to the article. The majority are credited "collection of someone" rather than to the actual copyright holder. A few are credited to libraries. How old would a photo in the book have to be to be assured of being public domain? Would the ones credited to libraries be acceptable as fair use (assuming they are irreplaceable, with a rationale, etc.) despite not having a copyright holder listed? Thank you for any answers. -- NE2 19:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Greetings. I REALLY tried to figure this out myself, but reading all the definitions and following the links left me a little dizzy! So, can i use this image on my user page, where I'm just indicating I am a Narnia fan and wish I could actually travel there? Thanks!-- Anietor 19:45, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello! I'm new to Wikipedia, and want to make sure I'm doing this right. I am currently working on adding the history of our company and have three images I'd like to use. One shows two men in front of a [9] blacksmithing shop (they are deceased); one shows our company [10] president with the unit he invented and the third shows our [11] company logo. All images are owned by our company. Can someone please take a look and let me know what I need to do to be able to use them? Thank you so much! Ajcross2455 15:03, 1 February 2007 (UTC)
Can I use pictures from The Virtual Fossil Museum with credit? Adam Cuerden talk 04:14, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a track layout map for a station that I would quite like to use on Wikipedia. Assuming that the map is still protected by copyright, I obviously would not be able to upload it to Wikipedia or Commons. But, could I create my own version of it, using the original for reference and upload that without breaching copyright? It wouldn't be a direct reproduction of course, but I would essentially be conveying the information taken from the original in my own way. → Ollie ( talk • contribs) 03:44, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
Is the license on this image "free enough" for use on Wikipedia user and talk pages? I'd like to get the copyrights sorted out before I propsoe it as a possible WikiProject award. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 21:27, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
It's OK — the creator has released the image under CC 2.5. (See here.) So I think we're cool. Thanks for your patience, everyone. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 01:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
“ | I, Rob Semenoff, have irrevocably released all rights to this image, allowing it to be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited in any way by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, with or without attribution to myself, as if in the public domain. However, as a courtesy, a link back to my site and my name would be appreciated. | ” |
I hope that is free enough for our purposes. If the image's tag is incorrect, would someone please change it to the appropriate one? Thanks. — Josiah Rowe ( talk • contribs) 16:35, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
Is the US form 7233-4 that is available from here and can be seen here covered under Work of the United States Government? The form is the US version of the ICAO flight plan. Thanks. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
Hello, I am not very clear on the status of Chinese copyright law. Is a translation of a Chinese document likely to be a copyright violation? Does it matter if it is a temporary, computurised translation (e.g. Altavista), or a handdone translation published on a website? Thanks for the help, Armedblowfish ( talk| mail) 14:09, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
This is copy-and-pasted from WT:USRD:
I'll probably start putting up maps of Interstates shortly according to the standards, but I wondered if my technique is a copyright violation.
I would zoom in to the scale I want on Google Maps and take a screen copy. Then I would trace the roads on a separate layer above the Google Maps screenshot.
Is this derivative work a copyvio?
Thanks in advance! — Rob ( talk) 16:18, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
By the way, this may all be moot, since these maps are public domain and large enough scale, though there may be some minor issues with patching together states. -- NE2 06:15, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
Person A writes a business letter to person B. Person B dies and person C buys a bunch of documents from his estate that includes the letter. I purchase the letter from person C. Can I publish the letter? Do I now own the copyrights to it? Can I take a photo of it and release it under GFDL? SteveBaker 23:34, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
I've noticed that a user named BoaTeeth has repeatedly had trouble uploading images to contribute to the Bruce Hornsby article over the past weeks. Many of the images that user attempted to use were not properly tagged, etc, but the ongoing discussion on the various image pages, various user talk pages, etc, indicates, in my opinion, that good faith has been assumed by all parties...both the user trying to upload images to improve the article and by the questions regarding copyright. BoaTeeth makes a good point somewhere in the discussion about the vast number of musician pages, particularly branching off of the jam band Wikipedia Category, that are attempting to make use of Creative Commons licensing for images (usually taken from Flickr). Given that this problem has been ongoing, and that the Bruce Hornsby talk page features a request that images be added, I took it upon myself to contact the owner and operator of www.Bruuuce.com, a fan website for Bruce Hornsby which features a number of images of the musician (some of which are copyrighted on the images by the original photographer, the balance of which are copyrighted by owner and operator of the website due to the copyright notice on the webpage itself). The owner and operator of the website has granted me permission to use any of the images for which he is the copyright holder (his exact words were "any of the images not copyrighted to other photographers") on the Bruce Hornsby Wikipedia article. Surely the inclusion of such images in the article, which has undergone a substantial amount of very admirable revision recently, would serve to improve the quality of the article by illustrating some of the various time periods/performance circumstances discussed. I am writing now, before attempting to upload any images, to clarify exactly how these images should be sourced/tagged. I realize that these images would be in jeopardy of not qualifying for fair use; however, there seem to be no images of Bruce Hornsby available for fair use or for use under Creative Commons licensing. I've noticed that such pages as Billy Joel have resorted to really poor quality Dept. of Education images, Elton John to a highly questionable self-uploaded poster, and Jon Fishman and Trey Anastasio of the band Phish have both had images be the subject of much scrutiny and questioning. Surely it is best for Wikipedia to have encyclopedia-esque chroniclings of these public figures, images and all, especially when high-quality images are being offered for free use. Could these images from www.Bruuuce.com be uploaded and credited to that website owner, giving future Wikipedia readers/users the opportunity to contact the source to verify the permissions? It seems a real shame to have so many articles with such a paucity of images. I'm awaiting further advice (either here or on my talk page, or both) before I proceed, but I'm eager to try to add these images, for which permission has been given, to what has become a very exciting and vibrant article. Thanks for your help. Snidleysnide 18:59, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
Follow-up (sorry): If these images are deemed usable on Wikipedia, then would the sourcing/tagging for them be done similarly to Image:SCI2005.jpg, found in the article jam band? Snidleysnide 20:52, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
I received an award about a year ago from Dr. Alma Adams ( American Legacy building in Washington DC), and have picture with her in them. I noticed that there isn't one of her. I can crop her out, but I'm not familiar with what, if any, copyright/licensing terms apply to this image. I do not know any of the photographers, but believe they were taking the pictures for media coverage of me (so I was told). I saw something about pictures of legislators being uncopyrightable, but am not sure if that applies in this case, since it was taken in a private building and the original image included other people. Any ideas? Should I post it, or is uploading it something illegal that I'd get blocked for? Smokeresearcher 04:35, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
Does the image qualify as fair use? If nobody can tell who the photographer was, when does the 70-year copyright expiration period start: is it when the subject died or when the photo was taken? -- Cameltrader 21:38, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
It's been generally accepted by highway editors that U.S. highway markers used by states to mark their roads are not copyrighted. For instance, the Interstate Highway shield is trademarked but not copyrighted, and thus there are no problems with using it in an encyclopedia: [16] It's also been generally accepted that toll road markers are copyrighted. However, a search through [17] for the names of several toll authorities, such as New York State Thruway Authority and New Jersey Highway Authority, turns up a few results but none for the marker. (Any marker created before 1989 would have had to be registered, since there is never a copyright notice on the actual sign.) Can someone give advice, either here or at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York State routes#A letter from Public Affairs, NYS Thruway Authority, on whether this database is complete, etc.? Thank you. -- NE2 19:47, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Yuen Ren Chao was one of the 20th century's great linguists & the inventor of an important Chinese romanization system known as Gwoyeu Romatzyh. I would very much like to include a photo of Chao as a young man in both articles. This was probably taken about 1914-16, when Chao was a student.
I've asked the webmaster at pinyin.info about this image, & he tells me the picture was scanned from Autobiography of a Chinese Woman (John Day Company, New York, 1947), written by Chao's wife, Buwei Yang. He copied Chao's signature and superimposed it on the photo. Can I just go ahead & use it? Is John Day Co. still in business? I don't want to waste time using an image that's going to be deleted! Or am I just being over-conscientious?
Ideally this photo or a another one of Chao should be in the Commons. So if anyone can suggest another, free-use one, that would be fine. -- NigelG (or Ndsg) | Talk 10:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Anyone know if I can upload and use this image here [18] of Wingerworth Hall taken in 1920 Giano 16:49, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
I like finding and uploading to Wikipedia pictures from postcards that were printed before 1923 and are therefore copyright free. eBay has a lot of good pictures of them. Occasionally there's some kind of "border" (some colored background that the postcard was up against when it was photographed) and eBay has a little cartoonish image of a camera on the lower right hand corner of its pictures. I see no value to eBay or eBay sellers and certainly none to us at Wikipedia or to anyone else in having these, and I'm reluctant to use them, although when I find a particularly useful image, I upload it anyway. Is there any legal problem with this at all? I assume if there were some added value that the eBay camera image gave to the picture, or the "border" then we couldn't use it because, for one thing, it would be post-1923. And if I knew how to crop the picture to avoid anything not in the postcard, I would. Since I don't want to go through this kind of work and see my images deleted, someone please tell me if I'm doing anything wrong here. Thanks! Noroton 02:41, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
This site has many low res scans of PRC propaganda posters and the author seems pretty cool about allowing them to be used subject to the conditions listed. Are they acceptable here and what kind of entry needs to be made when uploading the image? thnx -- killing sparrows 07:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Would a scan of a "gold" CD for a piece of software (ie, the gold disc, not the retail disc) be accepted as fair use if put in the article Software release life cycle which discusses the subject matter of gold discs, but not the software on the gold disc specifically? SchmuckyTheCat 04:11, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
I asked for permission to use an image, and got the following response:
Is that a no-go for Wikipedia use, then, with the "no modification" clause? Or is there some way to make that work? Lyrl Talk C 00:37, 24 April 2007 (UTC)
I ran into the article Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia speedy tagged as a copyright violation. I went and looked at the source and found it to be a GFDL-licensed Wiki. I've added text to Talk:Bulgarian Eastern Orthodox Diocese of the USA, Canada and Australia that I think satisfies the GFDL-attribution guideline - but I'm verrrry new at copyright-related matters, so I put my neck on the block here and ask you to chop or not ... can OrthodoxWiki content be used on Wikipedia and is the attribution I've provided satisfactory. --User:Ceyockey ( talk to me) 01:18, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi there,
I posted this question above and got no response nor did I get a response on the Media copyright questions page so I'll try here again. I am trying to determine the copyright status of political propaganda posters created in the People's Republic of China during the 1950's. This collection of posters and the site's copyright information and attribution policy seem to say that they would fall under GFDL and that {{ Attribution}} would apply, but images from the same site, which are currently being used in Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius, Propaganda in the People's Republic of China and other Wikipedia articles are used under {{ politicalposter}} as fair use. Any ideas on the actual status of these images? Thanks!-- killing sparrows (chirp!) 03:00, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
Am I allowed to use the profile pictures used on uefa.com such as this one
[19] of Rafael Marquez?
If not, then why are profile pictures from the same site allowed used on this page for
Cyril Théréau or
Nicolae Dică?
Blackjanedavey 16:18, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
I asked about it here once before, and was told that since banknotes are two-dimensional, the only copyright holder is whoever produced the banknote, and the person who scanned it has no rights (but coins are different, since they're 3-D). Please correct me if I'm mistaken about this. If I'm right, would someone please check {{ PD-banknote}} and let me know if it's an appropriate/useful tag? Many websites with banknotes on them claim some type of copyright, and I think it would be helpful to have a tag that explains the situation. If there's a better way to go about it, please let me know. Thanks, Ingrid 22:10, 5 May 2007 (UTC)
I have "co-pilot" license that the monorail pilots hand out at Walt Disney World. The car has the ©Disney on the front. Which Licensing do I need to select? HeadMouse 19:47, 13 May 2007 (UTC)HeadMouse
ANYONE??
HeadMouse 03:00, 15 May 2007 (UTC)HeadMouse
I have a question about old Soviet propaganda films (which I have moved myself to this page). WP:C says that:
“ | According to the Russian copyright law of 1993 (
Федеральный закон от 9.07.1993 № 5351-1), the following items are not subject to copyrights:
|
” |
Goskino appears to have been the "publisher" of movies created by certain Soviet filmmakers before 1953. Does that make these movies, and especially propaganda films undertaken at the behest of Stalin, either "official documents" or "state symbols and tokens"? I'm asking because I'd like to add a still of actor Mikheil Gelovani (who has been dead for over 50 years) to his article. The image is from the 1950 movie "Fall of Berlin, Part II". But I obviously don't want to add this if there would be a copyright problem. -- Charlene 20:29, 14 May 2007 (UTC)
Can I use any of these photos for my article on Joe Baksi?
I can reduce rez if I have to.
If not, can I use a lower res or a crop?-- Work permit 03:55, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
Okay, I uploaded this image from spacetelescope.org which is freely licensed under certain conditions. Namely:
Points three and four don't affect anything (since there's nobody in the image. Point one is easily covered with an {{attribution}} license tag - but I'm slightly troubled about point two. It seems to me that this is probably fine, but I'm not positive, and wanted a second/third/forth set of eyes to check it out. WilyD 14:13, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
There's very few images of Old 666 left, but I found a page with a few artistic interpretations of the famous B-17. I have no idea who did the painting in particular I'd like to tag on the 666 Article, but it can be found on this website. [26] Specific Image: [27]
I only request it because there are so few images of Old 666. Rett Mikhal 01:25, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
Is it possible that I can use this image?: [28]
I was wondering if it's possible that images made for profiles can be used on Wikipedia.
BTW, I'm using it for my User-page.
SaintFireMole 04:15, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
Would this image of Blair Hornstine from this website be acceptable in the article about her under Wikipedia's fair use policy? It is apparently a photo from Hornstine's high school years. Hornstine's whereabouts (namely, the college she is attending) are generally unknown, and I was unable to find a free alternative. -- Ali 06:36, 25 May 2007 (UTC)
Would the image here be ok to upload? The subject died in 1880, so I assume the picture is out of copyright? If it is ok to use, what do I list as the copyright holder/author and the source in the description? Thanks -- McKDandy 22:28, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
I have an image of Mick Fleetwood that was created recently - however, the image includes the cover of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours within it. Could this be be released under a free license? -- Brandt Luke Zorn 22:38, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
Hi guys, I took a few pics of my nephews first holy communion at the weekend. I have a couple of photos taken from behind the kids so that it is hard to identify them but you can clearly see the communion dresses. I was hoping to add an image to First Communion on the Traditions section to help explain the clothing used. Is it okay to use an image of a person without their knowledge if you cannot clearly make that person out? I hope my question makes sense! Thanks. Red minx 15:56, 28 May 2007 (UTC)
I believe they are not, and that they are derivative works of copyrighted images. PrinceGloria disagrees with me. This issue is important since the images are used in templates, so fair use is not good enough. Our discussion is at Image talk:Lancia logo.jpg. I would appreciate an outside opinion. nadav ( talk) 13:22, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
Labour Party (UK) deputy leadership election, 2007 currently has free use pics of 2 of the 6 candidates. To avoid bias I think there should be pics of all 6 of the cadidates (collectivly in one pic or indidudualy). The other 4 cadidates don't currently have free use images on wikipedia. I think I could get a good image of them all in a screengrab from the debate they had on newsnight: http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_6700000/newsid_6703000/6703037.stm?bw=bb&mp=rm Would such an image be appopriate to use in the article under fair use rationale? Tomgreeny 01:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
Do we have guidelines or official policies that indicate whether or not Wikipedia can use photos that depict acts that are illegal within the jurisdiction in which they were taken? (Example: if wearing orange socks is illegal in Nova Scotia, can Wikipedia's article on socks include a photo of a person wearing orange socks while in Nova Scotia?) Perhaps I am being obtuse, but after reviewing the image help files, I do not see anything on the legality of jurisdictional subject matter. Thanks, Kralizec! ( talk) 14:05, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
With this image as a precedent, I'd like to upload a photo I have taken myself of the beer bottle from another brand. My question is that although the photo is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License, the depicted design is under copyright by the company. Is it still ok to use such photos? — AldeBaer 11:41, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
Can I upload a self-made Microsoft Excel graph (not a screenshot, but merely what one would print), and if so, under which license? Belection06 12:52, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
I would like to use the image of a historical ambulance on this web site: ( http://www.steamtraction.com/archive/5090/) to illustrate part of the Ambulance article. Is this permitted, as the publication of the original drawings is from a 1955 magazine, if so under what license?
Owain.davies 17:03, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
I want to upload an image of an image from this website page: http://www.bumperactive.com/do/catalog/Search?likeText=rosita
There are two images on that page and the one I want to upload is the second one - #3156 Si, Se Puede [Rosita the Riveter]
Directly underneath the image, the site clearly states that this image is in the public domain. My first problem is that when I use the Wikipedia upload form to uploade an image from a website at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/?title=Special:Upload&uselang=en-internet
and I get to the licensing box I do not know which item from the drop down list to choose
My second problem is that I am unsure what the Source Filename should be. Is it the web address where the image is located? - this one: http://www.bumperactive.com/do/catalog/Search?likeText=rosita
My third problem is that I do not know what an appropriate file name for the Destination Filename would be. Is "Rosita the Riveter" OK to use?
My fourth problem, and this probably should have been my first question to you, is that the image contains a website address on it: bumperactive.com Is this a problem? Would it be considered an advertisement or solicitation and if so, would it be an appropriate image to upload? Also, because it is in the public domain would I be allowed, legally, to crop out the website address? If so, I'll have to do that with editing software and save it to my own computer. If I do this would this change the Source Filename and then what would the Source Filename be?
Thanks for your help. I've never done this before. Chicaneo 07:15, 8 June 2007 (UTC)
I know not all images on US government webistes are PD, so I wanted to ask: if a photo on a page in a US gov website doesn't have a copyright notice, but it does have a photo credit, is it PD or not? The image I'm interested in is the first one at this page. It's credited to PISCO, which I assume is the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of Coastal Oceans, not a government organization, found at this website. I was going to tag it with {{ PD-USGov-DOC-NOAA}}, but now I'm not sure. Thanks. -- Joelmills 23:54, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
Can I use
this image? I found it on multiple websites:
http://www.philmontm1.com/waite_phillips.htm - which is copyrighted
and
http://www.cob.montevallo.edu/JanneyRT/history.htm
http://www.troop433.pair.com/id78.htm
These sites do not appear to be copyrighted.
I have no clue when the photo was taken, only the information given on the sites.
Thanks,
Pnswmr 00:10, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
I have an image of a Pakistan Air Force Hawker Fury aircraft, and I'm not sure if I'm allowed to upload it. This image was distributed for free to families of airforce officers as posters. Does that mean it's free content? If I upload it, what license will it go under?
here is the image: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/merlinstar87/Miscellaneous/Furry.jpg
Would appreciate any help! Zaindy87 08:57, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm confused...when is it okay for a mirror or fork to remove links to the original article. I mean if you have instances in which content has changed so dramatically that it's no longer representative of the original article, say 90 or so percent, shouldn't a simple link to the history of the page and the GFDL suffice? I just don't understand because some people want to use the info to get a healthy base of users but then it doesn't seem fair that the article should still remain linked to an author whose information is no longer contained within it. -- Itripblindkids 01:20, 12 June 2007 (UTC)
Below is a discussion I've been having with Nick. Basically, the entry for External Credit Assessment Institution (ECAI) uses language from the Basel 2 framework where the term is defined. The copyright for the Basel 2 framework permits copying, provided reference is made: Epstein's Mother 14:32, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
Given this discussion and the type of copyright notice on the Basel Framework, can a brief excerpt from the Framework which states what an ECAI is and the criteria used to determine which entities qualify be used? Epstein's Mother 17:22, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
I posted this over at the help desk at commons, but since there is a lot of potential material to be mined from this source, I want to be doubly sure. The United States Geological Survey operates the National Wildlife Health Center, which publishes several fact sheets and pamphlets, and also the Field Manual of Wildlife Disease — General Field Procedures and Diseases of Birds, which is a wealth of photos of diseases in birds. There is usually a photo credit, but it is to the same two or three people consistently, and from doing a google search I know for absolute certain that at least one of them is an employee of the USGS. I am nearly 100 percent certain the images are in the public domain since it is a publication by a federal organization, but I am likely to use a lot of these photos, and I want to be sure. Thanks. -- Joelmills 00:49, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
I would like to post an image to the Ford Econoline article that needs a 2nd generation picture for reference. As a courtesy to the owner, I requested via email use of the image and I received a immediate failure of Delivery as the address is no longer functioning. I took it a step farther and joined a message board that was linked from the web site and tried contacting the administrator though that with the same error in emailing and I was not able to PM him as this function was disabled by the Admin.
The image in Question: http://home.earthlink.net/~econoline74/MVC-004F.JPG
The last time the page was updated was 1999 and the page master even stated on the site that he is only keeping the page up for pictures and information and the is not much updating anymore.
Can this Image be used under Fair use Policy ?? Yours 04:17, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Thank you very much I never even thought of checking that. The 1st image in the search results should work great Yours 16:57, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm looking for a photo I could use for the article on David Falk. I've had my eye on one, but don't know if it's acceptable to use or not. I would appreciate it if someone could 1) tell me if the image I give below is acceptable (in which case upload and post it in the article, or inform me and I can do it), and 2) if this image is not acceptable to use, it would be great if someone could find an acceptable photo.
I found the pic in an article entitled "Falk meets with Sport Management and Law Students," posted on 10/10/2006. The article can be found at this address: < http://hshp.syr.edu/news.asp?id=329&type=archive>
The direct link to the image is: < http://hshp.syr.edu/images/Falk(1).jpg>
I'm wondering if it could fall into fair use since I can only find one other photo (via ESPN). I've tried using a number of free photo searches, including Flickr search, yotophoto.com, and fotosearch.com.
Thanks! Joseph Petek 17:38, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
This image is spread around the net, but I'm not positive who took the photo. I do know the name of the artist who carved the relief, and I do know he carved it for the US government, in a way that probably makes him a US government employee (he was hired/commissioned to do the work, rather than having it purchased after creation). Now, it seems to me it's very possible this would qualify as a "Slavish reproduction" of the work and be in the public domain - with this kind of carving, you just point and shoot, maybe checking lighting - you don't even really choose an angle to photograph from or anything. I want some second opinions, though. Cheers, Wily D 14:39, 22 June 2007 (UTC)
Is it okay to use images from http://daviswiki.org/Campus ? it has creative commons attribution sharealike 3.0, which doesn't appear in the upload dropdown menu Nguyenmdk 09:09, 27 June 2007 (UTC) Nevermind. I found the answer Nguyenmdk 09:28, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
I want advice from someone regarding a pigeon image found in [33]. I want to use that image because I created an article called William of Orange (Pigeon) and I found this image that illustrates the exact pigeon that the article talks about. I know that I need to include {{ Crowncopyright}} along with a fair use rationale. What other licensing should I use? OhanaUnited Talk page 17:00, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
Can I copy an entry from a copyrighted dictionary to a talk page? Specifically, I am in the process of collaborating with other editors about the meaning of a specific word, and I am reading the rather large etymology of that word found in the Oxford English Dictionary, 2,700 words long. I am reading this etymology from a subscription limited access paid website. The other editors in the collaboration do not have access to this subscription website, or convenient access to the printed version of the dictionary in a library close to their home. Can I copy and paste the 2,700 word entry from the subscription site and reprint it to the talk page so these other editors can read it? SaltyBoatr 15:19, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
Can I use this image from Comedy Central's Store? I want to put it in the Stephen Colbert article to demonstrate his interest in science fiction, and it could be used for The Colbert Report article, as well. If not, is there some way I can use something similar, like a caption from the show? - Boss1000 21:04, 28 June 2007 (UTC)
I obtained permission from AVN Media Network to use an image of Brooke Ashley on her Wikipedia article. I will quote the request here:
I would like to request permission to use the image http://www.avn.com:8080/imagearchive/23/63/49/236349BrookeAshley_lg.jpg from the article http://www.avn.com/articles/236349.html on Ms. Ballowe’s (Brooke Ashley’s) Wikipedia page located at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Ashley.
I will quote the grant of permission here:
Permission granted if you include “Used with permission of AVN Media Network”.
This seems to fit closely with the Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs. However, this was not explicitly stated. Before I upload and use the image, should I attempt to obtain permission under a free license such as the GFDL, or get an explicit statement of agreement to the Creative Commons license I previously mentioned? -- Godfoster 21:31, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
It has been quite some time since I got an answer here, so I am requesting help. I would like to get this permissions issue resolved as soon as possible. -- Godfoster 19:34, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to use this this photo on the Anti-Armenianism page to demonstrate growing anti-Armenian sentiment in the Republic of Azerbaijan. Does this fall under fair use for critical commentary? The Myotis 20:29, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to use this image of a dekatron counter tube on the Dekatron page; please advise; thank you!
The image involved here is a reproduction of a full-page New York Times ad, "Heed Their Rising Voices...", originally published on 29 March 1960. The ad was the subject matter of New York Times Co. v. Sullivan a very important case in US Constitutional law, and so an image of the actual ad might well be considered "iconic" and "historically significant" It is surely not replaceable by anything else. Lewis, the author of Make no Law, the classic book-length study of the case, used the reproduction as the frontispiece for that book. Surely this is a transformative use, and equally surely there is no current commercial market for an image of a newspaper ad from 1960. Furthermore, since the ad was published in the US before 1964, and all of its authors were US nationals, it is now in the Public Domain in the US unless copyright on the ad (which would have belonged to the fund-raising committee that wrote the ad, not to the Times) was renewed. The committee was surely disbanded long before the renewal period in 1988-89, so the copyright is unlikly to have been renewed, and a search of the on line renewal records at the Library of congress reveals no such renewal -- but for such short works the records are not always complete, or may be filed under a misleading heading. Still perhaps this constitutes sufficient due diligence? DES (talk) 23:32, 6 July 2007 (UTC)
Hi, Can I use this image (found here) for use on the above article's page? I was wondering if it could be promotional use? Cheers -- Halo2020 Talk 00:24, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
OK. Thanks for your help! -- Halo2020 Talk 10:10, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
I have access to a family photograph of Jakob Ehrlich that, by guessing his age, appears to have been taken about 1915. It has the appearance of being taken by a professional photographer although there is nothing on the photo to indicate who took it. The photo itself belongs to a descendant of the subject. Erhlich resided in Vienna Austria and died in 1938. I am trying to get more information about the origins of the photograph, but I am not sure what I need to know to determine whether it can be used. -- KenWalker | Talk 15:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
This isnt really pre-inclusion, but is the review on Man!_I_Feel_like_a_Woman! from billboard a copyvio? Corpx 07:29, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
Hello! Can I use this picture [34] I got it here. So I can post it on the Daryl Palumbo article which is lacking a picture. And well it's just not complete. The picture is a promo for his band Head Automatica. Thanks in advance. Xcat777x
Thanks!! Xcat777x
Could this image be used under fair use? http://www.petsmart.com/media/ps/images/guides/aspca/Cat/york_chocolate_4e77.jpg York Chocolate Cat needs an image of the cat and that is the only image of one that I can find on the Internet. It (or versions of it) is featured on quite a few websites:
http://www.petsmart.com/media/ps/images/guides/aspca/Cat/york_chocolate_4e77.jpg http://www.oocities.com/pndtpa/breeds/yorkchocolate.jpg http://www.assetsoflife.com/The-Cat-Place/Cat%20Images/York-Chocolate_Cat.1.JPG http://www.assetsoflife.com/The-Cat-Place/Cat%20Images/York-Chocolate_Cat.1_small.JPG http://www.pet.gen.tr/2002/cats_pics/cats_68.jpg http://www.clubmascotas.cl/db_images/razas/york_chocolate.jpg http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/pict/2001052825318080_2.jpg
Thank you! Please respond on my talk page if it is convenient.
-- Theunicyclegirl talk 18:01, 22 July 2007 (UTC)
Are these pictures fair use for the guns article? [39] Reply in my talk page if that's convenient. I've been able to find quite a few different pictures of it online, but these are the best ones. Does the credit back to the barrett rifles website constitute some sort of copyright? Thanks. Clegs 03:03, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
In the past, Legoland Windsor has performed shows in a number of it's own venues within the park - these are no longer performed. I have a leaflet with promotional shots of the shows. As a) the shows are no longer performed, so no other pictures can be taken, and b) it's promotional work, would it be covered under fair use? Can I legally upload it? If so, which license? Please respond on my talk page, if possible. Thanks! TheIslander 19:00, 24 July 2007 (UTC)
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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I would like to know if this logo would be appropriate to upload and use on the Kinnick Stadium article. Being the official logo of Kinnick Stadium, I think it would contribute to the article. Thanks. DanThaMan17 21:49, 25 July 2007 (UTC)
I propose merging this to WP:MCQ because it seems like the questions that are asked are mostly the same, except many more editors monitor WP:MCQ. Here, questions just tend to sit around unanswered. Alternately we could make clear that this page is for non-image questions and the other page is for image questions. Calliopejen1 03:57, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
In the article Thiruvalluvar Statue (older version), the "Construction notes" section has been sourced from this webpage. While the copyright notice at the bottom of that specific page says
when I click on the notice it takes me to this more explicit copyright notice. There, it says
Is the original page acceptable to use as a source ? Lotlil 03:35, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
I would like to know if images from any Mexican government page are valid to use, for example in that page like the seal and/or the pictures of the city. Images in this page. And also if it is valid what is the proper copyright to use. Thanks Alixb 18:23, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
The first photo on [40] is almost certainly the one mentioned by Douglas C. Sackman, "Pacific World Passages: The Traffic in Trees and the Transformation of Space in Puget Sound, 1850-1900", ( Draft available online).
Sackman writes of " Asahel Curtis’s 1904 photograph of Hee… seated at his roll-top desk intently reading a paper, with shelves above neatly stacked with various and sundry items, parcels just received or ready to be sent stacked against the wall where a telephone hangs, a safe in the office’s corner—very much conveys the image of a man of business with far flung interests and connections."
Curtis was a professional photographer, so he most likely published this, but I don't have any proof of that. If he didn't, he died in 1941, so the 70 years since his death won't be up for 4 more years. And, I suppose, there is the possiblity that he published it, but not until after 1923, which (if the copyright was renewed) would keep it out of the public domain even longer.
Any suggestions on whether this should be "safe" to claim as public domain? Any suggestions on tracking down earliest publication date? (& could someone please "ping" my user talk page if you place a substantive answer here?) - Jmabel | Talk 17:42, 30 July 2007 (UTC)
I'm positive this has been discussed sometime, somewhere, before, but I have looked thru as many copyright-related pages as I could think of and it's not clear. Today, on Premier League 2007-08, someone added football fixtures, which were then reverted by another user as a possible copyright violation. We discussed it for a little while on Talk:Premier League 2007-08#Fixture lists, but were hampered by the fact that I know very little about what I'm talking about.
So, after reading that talk page thread, could someone who knows more than me answer these questions:
Thanks in advance. -- barneca ( talk) 00:28, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
(undent) I finally found the quote by Jimbo Wales I was looking for: [41]. As I read it again, I think I now agree with Megapixie, who agrees with Jddphd; I suspect (but still don't know) that the answer to #3 is NO, there is no legal obligation; but I now agree that's a moot point. Based on this:
The situation with respect to treaties or non-treaties with the US seems
to me to have very little impact on this. As always, we have to balance various factors in thoughtful ways. Simply saying "Well, this is legal under US law, so let's do it" is not a very compelling argument. [42]
I think it doesn't matter whether #3 is YES or NO; we have no compelling need to disregard UK copyright law. I'm amazed too that this is copyrightable in the UK, and wish whoever it is that is fighting it in UK/EU courts well, but I think until it's legal there, we shouldn't do it here. Otherwise it won't be free to reuse in the UK, which would kind of defeat the point of free content. Thanks again to both of you for bearing with me as I learn something new. -- barneca ( talk) 12:36, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
I'd like to use this image of the band And One for their article. DbishopNWF 18:04, 31 July 2007 (UTC)