Forum:Important update: Image licenses
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Hi, everyone! As some may have noticed in Recent Changes, this wiki now has copyright License types for files. This move was made in order to ensure that the wiki is compliant with the fair dealing system used in the United Kingdom, which is where Miraheze is based in. While we plan on adding more types of licenses at the moment, we ask that all editors on the wiki make sure that any future file uploads to the wiki are marked with the appropriate type of license. To do this when uploading a file, find the drop-down menu labeled under “Licensing”, which is under the Summary field, and select the option that best applies to where you got the file that you are uploading to the wiki (e.g. “Image or video capture taken from a television show” for a capture of a logo found on a TV show”). If you are unsure about what specific license applies to the file you are uploading, select “I am unsure of the license” or ask an administrator or other staff member for help. Please remember to state where your captures are sourced from, as well. Additionally, If you find a file that does not have a license listed on its page, please help out by adding the appropriate license to the file in its description. You can do this by editing the file’s page and adding the appropriate license, which is a template, below the Summary section, and a full list of licenses for reference may be found here. When adding the appropriate template, use the listed text that comes before the vertical bar mark in each bullet point (e.g. “Television capture”). Here is an example:
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How about public domain or CC licenses? |
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Does this also apply to YouTube intros and Station IDs since they're on the wiki too or not? |
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Do I need to go back to my old files and fix them? |
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How about public domain or CC licenses? - Tanawat2002 Planning on adding those when I can! Does this also apply to YouTube intros and Station IDs since they're on the wiki too or not? - Tabit Station IDs I assume would go under the TV license since those are for TV channels, though not sure about where online videos may go. For now, I might make an "other copyrighted work"-type license. Do I need to go back to my old files and fix them? - AlmightyKingPrawn I definitely recommend doing that if possible. Because of the amount of files on the wiki, we may need to look into bringing in a bot to quickly mass-add licenses if possible. |
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we may need to look into bringing in a bot to quickly mass-add licenses if possible. This one I find a good decision. |
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I can't figure out a way to fix the licenses on my files... |
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Went back to my uploads to add appropriate licenses. |
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How did you do it? |
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Would home entertainment logos require one too? |
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Yes, home entertainment is one of the options for licenses. |
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What do we do about logos captured from fan restorations of copyrighted films like 4K77 and Harmy's Despecialized? |
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Anyways, I've started to add text for logos from films in the public domain. |
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Maybe we should have an RfC to add a bot to add licences to existing images? In fact, I'll do that when I finish posting this. |
