User:Yunshui/Adoption/Kevin12xd/Copyvio

This page is designed to test your understanding of copyright on Wikipedia. Please answer the questions below as best you can - write as much as you like!.

1. You find a book on Amazon that appears to be reusing the text of Wikipedia articles - in fact, they proudly announce it on the cover! The book costs £20.00. Are they allowed to use other writers' work to make money in this way? If so, why? If not, why not?
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2. Is it ever permissible to copy and paste text from another website to Wikipedia? If so, under what circumstances would this be allowed?
A.

3. A new user uploads a picture of Tony Blair from a newspaper article in the free newspaper The Metro. The newspaper has national circulation, and is read by millions of people daily, so the image is already readily available; it's also easy to find on Google Images. Is this picture:

a) Acceptable under "fair use"?

b) Acceptable because it's in the public domain?

c) Acceptable because it doesn't cost anything - the newspaper is given away for free?

d) Acceptable for some other reason?

e) Unacceptable because it's under copyright?

f) Unacceptable for another reason?

Please give a brief reason for your answer.
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4. You find a new article that appears to contain a block of text (about half the article's content) which has been copied directly from a non-free source. The rest of the article seems to be original material. What do you do?
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5. An editor adds some text from a website that he owns the copyright to. He has issued a statement on the original website saying that, "the content of this site can be freely used on the English version of Wikipedia". Is the text acceptable? If not, why not?
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6. A user uploads an image that he has created, a Microsoft Paint version of a diagram from a copyrighted work. His version is all but identical to the original, but is definitely his own work. Can this image be used on Wikipedia?
A.

7. Some images may be better off being uploaded to Wikimedia Commons rather than Wikipedia. To which project would you upload the following:

a) A screenshot from Doom 3', used because no free alternative exists.

b) An image from Flickr that had been released under a CC-BY-SA licence.

c) A scan of a medieval painting, dating to 1223.

d) A photograph of Ian Botham, taken by a fan at a cricket match and uploaded by the photographer.

e) A picture of your own shoes, that you took.

f) A copy of a company logo.