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

    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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    http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/use-this-image.php?mkey=mw192360 is a photo of Mary Catherine (née Sackville-West), Countess of Derby which has a Creative Commons licence but I don't know if that means it can be used on wikipedia. Is there someone who can read the page and let me know if I can upload a copy for the article on the subject or not? Plz help... 🍺 Antiqueight chat 22:58, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    No, this is not compaitible as it is non-commercial and no-derivatives. We require a freer CC licnse than that. However the original image is very likely public domain in the USA, and usable. Also see National Portrait Gallery and Wikimedia Foundation copyright dispute. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:29, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. I kinda thought that was likely the case but I wasn't sure. I'll take another look around at other locations for images for this article. 🍺 Antiqueight chat 21:37, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    License of Wikipedia image

    what will be the license information for the logo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Authorspress_Logo_2016.png This picture is a logo of the publishing house, Authorspress and i have requested from the publisher. it was created in the year 1999. The CEO, Mr Sudarshan Kcherry of Authorspress holds the copyright for this picture. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prinshukr (talk • contribs) 09:28, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    what would be the license information for https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phenomenal_literature-logo.jpg & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phenomenal_Literature.jpg The present picture is the logo of the journal. It was got prepared by the journal's chief editor, Vivekanand Jha. He holds its copyright and he gave me permission to use this photograph. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prinshukr (talk • contribs) 09:31, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Prinshukr: there are uses that require permission and uses that don't. Of the former, you have not acquired a permission that is acceptable for us. "You can use these photos on Wikipedia" is not the kind of free license that we can accept, so your permission is null and void. If they indeed said they are willing to license these images with CC-BY 2.5 India - then we need proof of it.
    Let's turn to uses that don't need permission. These are done under the fair-use doctrine and in agreement with our non-free content policy. The way you are using the cover of the journal is certainly okay, but you just need to spell out a rationale (Template:Non-free use rationale 2) and use the correct copyright tag (Template:Non-free magazine cover). The logo of the magazine is ok, too, if you move it to the infobox and write a rationale and use the correct copyright tag (Template:Non-free logo). For the press logo, I can't tell because it's not used anywhere. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 10:08, 8 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Where should I report an image which breaches copyright?

    This is about File:A_Summer_Nightmare_and_Other_Poems.jpg

    It is an image of a book cover. It has been uploaded as "own work", which seems unlikely, as the book is still protected by copyright. I have searched for a place to report it or a tag to place, without success. Maproom (talk) 10:51, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I've tagged it for deletion on the commons at: c:Commons:Deletion requests/File:A Summer Nightmare and Other Poems.jpg. ww2censor (talk) 11:09, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Is it okay to uplaod this picture?

    Hello, I'm new to wikipedia and want to add a picture to an article I'm translating. I read the picture guidelines, but I want to make sure that I don't do anything wrong either way. The picture I want to upload is this: http://img.inven.co.kr/column/jukz_pre_reporter_2012_2/20120517153456928.JPG, which can be found here: http://m.inven.co.kr/webzine/wznews.php?idx=96463&site=it , on a korean news website. Is uploading this picture okay? I'm a bit confused by all the information on here. Thank you! — Preceding unsigned comment added by PeanutsLife (talk • contribs) 10:55, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    No, it's not okay, PeanutsLife. The bottom of the page says "Copyright ⓒ Inven Communications. All rights reserved" and without anything on the pictures, we are assuming that those are copyrighted too. This would be the case even without a copyright notice; content you find on the web is assumed to be copyrighted by default. There would have to be an explicit release under a free license of the photos for us to be able to use them. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 11:06, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Turns out we have such a confirmation on a very similar image, that you can use: File:Park Ji-soo (Millenium.ForGG) from acrofan.jpg. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 11:09, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    File:Location of meso-zeaxanthin at the macula.jpeg

    Hello, I updated the image copyright on the file "Figure2 Location of meso-zeaxanthin at the macula". Can you advise that this is now correct and can be uploaded to the meso-zeaxanthin wikipedia page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Macularcarotenoids (talk • contribs) 14:12, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    How do I do that? Will a letter from all authors suffice?. Niamh Owens — Preceding unsigned comment added by Macularcarotenoids (talk • contribs) 14:29, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    You all authors to verify their permission by email. That procedure can be found at WP:CONSENT. Otherwise it will be deleted. ww2censor (talk) 18:18, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    I have emailed as requested, when can i expect the figure to be u on the Wikipedia page? --Macularcarotenoids (talk) 16:59, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    There was also a cc-by license on the source website, that may be enough. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:16, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Using your photos.

    Dear Wiki,

    What are your rules concerning use of your photos by others? I'm a blogger and would find this very convenient. I have no problem tagging each photo with proper credit to your site. However I have no budget to pay a fee.

    Many thanks for your attention. Sincerely, Larry Powell www.PlanetInPeril.ca — Preceding unsigned comment added by GreenSenior (talk • contribs) 23:17, 10 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    What does it mean when the media has a copyright on it, and why does it matter? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.219.127.131 (talk) 13:13, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    You should probably read Copyright for an understanding of copyright and especially the Exclusive rights section. ww2censor (talk) 13:48, 11 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    What is the right tag for something designated as Public Domain Mark 1.0 in Flickr

    Hello, Thank you for your help.

    I have been going around in circles trying to figure this out. There is a picture in Flickr/https://www.flickr.com/photos/138035511@N02/24920150785/in/dateposted-public/ that I uploaded into the Commons/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Erin_in_White_Blouse.JPG that I want to use in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Aubry_Kaplan.

    Since it is designated "Public Domian" and further because the author has given permission in an email,I am confident the picture is fine, but I am told that I need to "TAG" it properly or it will be deleted.

    I have looked at the list on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:File_copyright_tags/All#General and am mystified about what to pick.

    Can you help? Which "tag" do I use? Do I need to take a different approach somehow?

    Thanks David Blake — Preceding unsigned comment added by DavidsBlake (talk • contribs) 00:14, 12 February 2016 (UTC) DavidsBlake (talk) 00:35, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    You could try {{PD-author|name}} where another author has dedicated this work to the public domain. This can apply in the USA or Philippines. Otherwise a CC-zero license could be used if in another country. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 02:15, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Actually the public domain mark on the image may not be as easy as Graeme suggests based on this post and this discussion on the commons. The best option is for the photographer to verify their permission by following the procedure found at WP:CONSENT. ww2censor (talk) 11:11, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you both,

    I have since had the photographer change the license designation in Flickr from "Public Domain" to "cc0". From what I have read [here|https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Requests_for_comment/Flickr_and_PD_images] it seemed that this should cover the license requirements, But I am unsure of the mechanics of "tagging" it properly. Do I simply put a "

    " in the body of the description of the [file|/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Erin_in_White_Blouse.JPG] I created in the commons? Thanks 17:31, 15 February 2016 (UTC)

    Shirley Walker image

    How do you post a picture on Shirley Walker? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ty45674 (talk • contribs) 05:24, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    @Ty45674: I see the image File:Shirley Walker.jpeg but we need to know where it came from, when it was published, who the author is and when, or if, they are alive or dead. This all affects the copyright status of the image. I see you also uploaded it to the commons and there you claim it as your own work but tineye.com finds several copies on the internet, so I doubt you actually are the photographer of this image. Please provide true and accurate information about it. Thanks ww2censor (talk) 11:11, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Scientific images

    Hi I'm starting to edit wikipedia page articles primarily of a scientific nature. For these articles many of the best images are present in the published scientific literature. Under what circumstances can I use these images? If I found them on google search? If the article is open access? Can I request permission from the author or does it need to be the journal?

    Thanks Aidan Haslam — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aidan Haslam (talk • contribs) 15:32, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    • Greetings, @Aidan Haslam:. As a general rule, almost all images in journals are copyrighted unless the journal is very old, and when they are copyrighted they are typically not under a free license. Even "open access" journals are frequently not freely licensed. So you'd have to ask either the journal or the authors for permission, depending upon who has the copyright on the images in question.Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 15:58, 12 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    Can this image be used here?

    Can the png image of the phone from this webste be used in this article by the rationale of fairuse? Thanks Ayub407talk 06:43, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    The website also it's media-kit here. Can it be used at common under which rationlate? I'll use it here only. I will be upload the image by the non-free promotional rationale. Ayub407talk 07:20, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    Not on Commons for sure. The website has an explicit copyright notice at the bottom and no evidence of a free license anywhere. Now if the current non-free images are the only ones that exist about that upcoming smartphone, then it can be held on enWikipedia as fair use, but afterwards you'd have to start looking for (or creating yourself) a free image. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 09:22, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]
    I've got to disagree slightly with Jo-Jo Eumerus' advise on this one because as this phone obviously exists, be it in tiny quantities, a freely licenced image could be made and therefore any image of it fails the first criteria of WP:NFCC#1. It just needs a person to gain access to it, maybe at a trade show or promotional event. Remember that for living people, where there is obviously only one available, we don't allow non-free images of such people, so a phone of which there are no doubt a few copies is no different. Many biographies of living people lack images because no freely licenced image is available and this will be the same until a free image is provided. ww2censor (talk) 14:40, 15 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

    There was a question about copyright for an image I uploaded Image:CSULA plaque007.jpg.

    It was provided to me by the spouse of that person and it was her personal photo since the late 1960's and transfered to a bronze plaque when the University dedicated their baseball field to Coach Reeder.

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