Wikipedia:Media copyright questions

Media copyright questions

Welcome to the Media Copyright Questions page, a place for help with image copyrights, tagging, non-free content, and related questions. For all other questions please see Wikipedia:Questions.

How to add a copyright tag to an existing image

1. On the description page of the image (the one whose name starts File:), click Edit this page.
2. From the page Wikipedia:File copyright tags, choose the appropriate tag:
   • For work you created yourself, use one of the ones listed under the heading "For image creators".
   • For a work downloaded from the internet, please understand that the vast majority of images from the internet are not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. Exceptions include images from flickr that have an acceptable license, images that are in the public domain because of their age or because they were created by the United States federal government, or images used under a claim of fair use. If you do not know what you are doing, please post a link to the image here and ask BEFORE uploading it.
   • For an image created by someone else who has licensed their image under an acceptable Creative Commons or other free license, or has released their image into the public domain, this permission must be documented. Please see Requesting copyright permission for more information.
3. Type the name of the tag (e.g.; {{Cc-by-4.0}}), not forgetting {{ before and }} after, in the edit box on the image's description page.
4. Remove any existing tag complaining that the image has no tag (for example, {{untagged}})
5. Hit Publish changes.
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Question whether it is acceptable to use the Daisie App Logo ~ in the Maisie Williams article

Hi I am editing the article on Maisie Williams, who apart from being an actress has, also developed and launched a social media app for creators called Daisie, which has over 130,000 users in 2019. Would it be acceptable to put a non free image of the logo of her app on her article in the relevant section, to help re-enforce that is a real endeavour. I have not created a separate article for the app, as it is early days and I never feel confident to start articles. The Daisie logo can be viewed here @ https://www.daisie.com/ ~ BOD ~ ^TALK 14:31, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

I have uploaded the file

[[File:Daisie Logo.png]]

to Wikipedia, but have not yet used it, being still unsure whether it is acceptable or whether I should use it.

Daisie Logo from the Daisie App Source: https://www.daisie.com/ The Logo was designed Koto (London, UK)

The Logo might be above the threshold of originality in the UK and uncopyrightable in the US

Template:PD-ineligible-USonly

Fair Use in the Maisie Williams article in the relevent section, this is the logo of her own company. (Currently the is not an article on the App itself.) The sole purpose of the use of the copyrighted image is to visually illustrate and educate readers about the existence of the Daisie App. The image is currently not replaceable with an uncopyrighted or freely copyrighted image of comparable educational value. ~ BOD ~ ^TALK 09:28, 25 May 2020 (UTC)

Any advice or suggestions?  :) ~ BOD ~ ^TALK 14:19, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Image contributions to the National Heritage List for England

Hi all. Am I correct in my reading of clause 5.4 of the National Heritage List for England's 'Enriching the List - Contribution Terms and Conditions' that any images submitted to them become public domain once published?

"You (or the copyright owner) remain the owner of copyright in your Contribution but in addition to clause 5.3 (see paragraph above) you agree that users of the Website may copy, modify, edit, reproduce, display, publish or otherwise make use of all or part of your Contribution on a royalty free basis." Source: https://historicengland.org.uk/terms/website-terms-conditions/enriching-the-list-contribution-terms/

There is a wealth of image contributions on the List which would be very useful for illustrating articles. Adam Kehrle (talk) 14:16, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

I do not believe so. At this page it says "All copying is subject to the copyright status and physical condition of the original. To use copies for any purpose other than private study, you must ask for permission to do so." – O-dog222 (talk) 21:51, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

Hi O-dog222, thanks for looking at this. I think the page you linked to is referring to Historic England's Archive, while the images I'm suggesting we can use are 'Contributions' to the NHLE as part of the 'Enriching the List' scheme for the public. Clause 10.1 and 10.2 explicitly exclude contributions from being part of the official List (and therefore, I assume, Historic England's Archive too). Adam Kehrle (talk) 22:14, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

@Adam Kehrle: you might want to ask this question at c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright where you'll get wider opinions including how suitable, if at all, the images are to be hosted on Commons rather than just locally here on the English WP. Nthep (talk) 15:38, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Thanks @Nthep:, I'll do that now. This question can be archived or removed etc - I'd do it myself but don't know how. Adam Kehrle (talk) 09:27, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Lorraine (TV programme)#Logo gallery

The non-free former logos being used in this logo gallery seem like clear violation of both WP:NFG, WP:NFC#cite_note-4 and even possibly WP:NFCC#3a, but perhaps they are simple enough to re-license as {{PD-ineligible-USonly}} per c:COM:TOO United States (like File:Lorraine (TV series).svg) since they probably aren't {{PD-logo}} per c:COM:TOO United Kingdom; if not, then I think they may need to either be somehow better incorporated into the body of the article supported by sourced commentary about them or deleted. -- Marchjuly (talk) 12:36, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Marchjuly: {{PD-ineligible-USonly}} would seen appropriate as the British threshold is very low, so for sure the one with the multicoloured orb and and drop shadow on the text, and the multiple circles with text will be copyright though the other 3 are likely PD even in the UK. ww2censor (talk) 18:20, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

what license do i give to this file, and how do i add it.

Every element of this is either not copyright-able, or my work, or from wikipedia, or an open license, I put the full details in the summary.

Indiyā ꯏꯟꯗꯤꯌꯥ in Meitei script in the font Noto Sans Meetei Mayek

text added by User:Jismani to Names of India in its official languages

added to page version: https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Names_of_India_in_its_official_languages&oldid=946850685

font: https://www.google.com/get/noto/#sans-mtei

font license: https://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL

But i don't know what tag to pick or how to add it.
Irtapil (talk) 23:57, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

I took a guess and added public domain for now. {{cc-zero}} Is that appropriate for single letters or words? does it matter which font they are in? I've been trying to use open font license fonts, but i don't know if that's necessary, or how to show it if it is? Irtapil (talk) 00:04, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

Album cover

Hi, I've just uploaded the album cover for Ricky Martin's latest album, Pausa but it was removed due to copy-rights. There are thousands of articles that use single/album covers. I wanted to know what was the problem with "this" album?! What should I do?

You're upkoading images without any explanation as to why they are permitted under the non free content criteria The album cover is probably acceptable but you, as the uploader, have to demonstrate that compliance. Nthep (talk) 11:44, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

J. R. R. Tolkien photograph

This photograph of Tolkien at military service from 1915 during WWI. According to The Tolkien Society website, this photograph taken from 1962, which is only used with permission. Hence, there is no way to find free equivalent images of Tolkien during his later life. --TheMuscovian (talk) 01:19, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

I've been already emailed for granting copyright permission, only for English Wikipedia. --TheMuscovian (talk) 01:38, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Thing is, Tolkien wasn't a public figure , so there's no pressing need for a non-free of him because there's no public figure image people normally associate with him. If you can get them to grant a free license use, great, but we'd likely not allow a non-free replacement. --Masem (t) 01:43, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

File:PercyPigs.jpeg and File:PercyPiglets.jpg

The images File:PercyPigs.jpeg and File:PercyPiglets.jpg are currently used in the Percy Pig article. The former of the two images is also currently used in the List of Marks & Spencer brands article. Though the photos are indicated as being freely licensed, there is the question as to whether the product packaging and/or confectionery items in the photos may pose copyright issues.

(In looking at the image File:PercyPiglets.jpg, another issue that comes to mind is that the image was uploaded by User:JackPercival, whose user page includes the text "Jack Percival" and a link to http://www.jackpercival.com/. However, the source and author of the image is given as "Marc Bakos". This raises the question as to whether the photo was taken by someone other than the uploader. For the image File:PercyPigs.jpeg, I feel unsure about the image as far as its origin. The image's description page does not give any source details. If someone were to do a Google image search with the image, that might be interesting.)

In the event that the Percy Pig/Percy Piglets packaging and/or confectionery items are non-free copyrighted works, it may be justifiable for the Percy Pig article to include a photo of one or more Percy Pig confectionery items and/or a Percy Pig product package in order to facilitate identification of the article's subject (the Percy Pig confectionery items) by readers. As mentioned under WP:FREER, such a photo should itself be freely licensed or uncopyrighted. --Elegie (talk) 08:45, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Rock_'n'_Roll_Liverpool_Marathon_&_1/2_Marathon

The image File:Liverpool-Rock-and-Roll-Half-Marathon-Finishers-Medal.jpg was used in this article to show memorabilia used to promote the event and distributed to participants. What licensing categories should I have used when I uploaded the image to be compliant? RoyalBlueStuey (talk) 12:50, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

File:Prometheus (1930) de José Clemente Orozco en Pomona College.jpg

This image has been on Wikipedia since 2011, but it's been questioned at Template:Did you know nominations/Prometheus (Orozco), so bringing here for review. Please comment at the DYK page to help move the nomination forward, and if this particular instance doesn't turn out to be freely licensed, it'd be helpful to know if the painting is available freely licensed anywhere else on the web. Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 21:17, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 June 4#File:Derek Chauvin.jpg

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 June 4#File:Derek Chauvin.jpg. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:59, 5 June 2020 (UTC)Template:Z48

Discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 May 29#File:George Floyd.png

 You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Files for discussion/2020 May 29#File:George Floyd.png. -- Marchjuly (talk) 03:00, 5 June 2020 (UTC)Template:Z48

Band logo is usable on band's page but not page about logo?

I added the same logo that's on the Einstürzende Neubauten page, using almost the same markup, but a bot removed it as a copyright violation; why is it an NFCC violation on this page but not an NFCC violation on that page? Is there a way to appeal that decision? Here's the relevant diff. JJzw (talk) 04:04, 5 June 2020 (UTC)

• Hi JJzw. The file was removed from the article about the logo because it didn't have the separate, specific non-free use rationale required by WP:NFCC#10c as explained in WP:NFCCE and WP:NFC#Implementation; so, not having that rationale means the file doesn't comply with all ten WP:NFCCP for that particular non-free use. Whether the file's non-free use in the band's article satisfies all ten NFCCP is something that might be worth further discussion per item 6 of WP:NFC#UUI, but the file does have a rationale for the band's article which is why the bot isn't removing it. The bot is only looking for files being used in articles that are missing rationales for those uses; it's not assessing the non-free uses which have rationales to determine whether they are valid. The bot removing the file is operated by JJMC89; so, if you'd like to know more specific information about it, you can ask him at User talk:JJMC89. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:02, 5 June 2020 (UTC)