User talk:Mikebaharmast

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Image copyright problem with Image:MFSG-CH1-Galaxy-irreg.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:MFSG-CH1-Galaxy-irreg.jpg. However, the image may soon be deleted unless we can determine the copyright holder and copyright status. The Wikimedia Foundation is very careful about the images included in Wikibooks because of copyright law (see Wikibooks' Copyright policy).

The copyright holder is usually the creator, the creator's employer, or the last person who was transferred ownership rights. Copyright information on images is signified using copyright templates. The three basic license types on Wikibooks are open content, public domain, and fair use. Find the appropriate template in Image copyright tags and place it on the image page like this:.

Please signify the copyright information on any other images you have uploaded or will upload. Remember that images without this important information or giving false information can be deleted by an administrator. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me, or ask them at the Study help desk. Thank you. Derbeth talk 08:42, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

added fairuse tag
added fairuse tag to this particular image --Mikebaharmast 15:39, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Image copyrights problem
Scope of fair use on Wikibooks is not so broad as you may think. Fair use policy practically restricts fair use to logos and similar graphics and screenshots. So I'm afraid that there may be some problems with images taken from .edu pages.

Fortunately, situation with .gov domains is much better. According to Work of the United States Government, all works made by US federal agencies or their employees are public domain and they all can be tagged with PD-USGov.

In any case, it would be best if you provide link to original location for every image (naturally if it is possible). But I am afraid that images that come from universities and similar organisations cannot be used here. I am not an expert on copyright law, but I doubt that using educational materials from universities even only for purely educational purpose is legal. Provided that it was possible, other universities would be able to use for free educational materials that other university prepared spending much money. --Derbeth talk 16:41, 7 October 2006 (UTC)


 * Your solution will be in fact a copyright infringement. The fact that anyone is copying and using images which can be found in websites of universities etc. does not mean such action is legal. This is like MP3 sharing - lots of people do it not thinking of legal consequences, but nonetheless sharing is not right.


 * Wikimedia projects are creating free content - not a random pick one can find in the Internet. Instead of taking other's work and risking breaking the law, we are using materials we produce by ourselves - perhaps worse and in insufficient number, but always ours and fully legal. --Derbeth talk 18:25, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Emails List
Personal information being disclosed in this way is against policy and has been deleted. Do not recreate this - thanks -- Herby talk thyme 06:57, 8 August 2007 (UTC)