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This page is intended for listing and discussing copyright problems on Wikipedia, including pages and images which are suspected to be in violation.

If you list a page or image here which you believe to be a copyright infringement, be sure to follow the instructions in the "Copyright infringement notice" section below. Page titles should stay listed for a minimum of 7 days before a decision is made. Add new reports under today's section at the bottom of this page.

Pages where the most recent edit is a copyright violation, but the previous article was not, should not be deleted. They should be reverted. The violating text will remain in the page history for archival reasons unless the copyright holder asks the Wikimedia Foundation to remove it. See Wikipedia:Page history for details and Wikipedia talk:Copyright violations on history pages for discussion. See also: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion, Wikipedia:Deletion policy, Wikipedia:Copyrights, Wikipedia talk:Copyright violations on history pages, Wikipedia:Image description page, Wikipedia:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation, Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission, Wikipedia:Sites that use Wikipedia for content, m:Do fair use images violate the GFDL?, m:Fair use, Wikipedia:Fair use, copyright

Alternatives

In addition to nominating potential copyright violations for deletion, you could:

  • Replace the article's text with new (re-written) content of your own: This can be done on a temp page, so that the original "copyvio version" may be deleted by a sysop. Temp versions should be written at a page like: [[PAGE NAME/temp]]. If the original turns out to be not a copyvio, these two can be merged.
  • Write to the owner of the copyright to check whether they gave permission (or maybe they in fact posted it here!).
  • Ask for permission - see wikipedia:boilerplate request for permission, Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission

If you believe Wikipedia is infringing your copyright, you may choose to raise the issue using Wikipedia:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation. Alternatively, you may choose to contact Wikipedia's designated agent under the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act.

Actions to take for text

Remove the text of the article, and replace it with the following: 

{{copyvio|url=place URL of allegedly copied material here}}
  
~~~~

Where you replace "place URL of allegedly copied material here" with the Web address (or book or article reference) that contains the original source text. For example: 

{{copyvio|url=http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/hovawart.htm}}

After removing the suspected text violation add an entry on this page under today's section at the bottom of this page.

Actions to take for images

If you suspect an image is violating copyright, add the following to the image description page: 

{{imagevio|url=<place URL of allegedly copied image here>}}~~~~

After adding the text to the image information page add an entry on this page under today's section at the bottom of this page.

Special cases

Amazon copyrights

An interest has been expressed in the Wikipedia community to use images from Amazon.com, particularly with regard to cover art from commercial music recordings (albums).

When approached about permission to use images from their site, Amazon.com's official response was that such permission simply wasn't theirs to give. They say that the copyrights still belong to the holders of copyrights in the original works.

At this time, there is no official Wikipedia policy for or against using Amazon.com as a source of images such as album cover art. Note, however, that Wikipedia copyright policy is still in effect—uploaded images' descriptions should still contain proper attribution, a copyright notice if copyrighted, and a fair-use rationale if fair use is being claimed. (Simply make sure that the copyright is attributed to the true copyright holder and not Amazon.com.) For specific guidelines on images and copyright, see Wikipedia:Copyrights#Image_guidelines.

Pokémon images

The discussion on Pokémon images has been moved to Template talk:Pokeimage.

Used with permission images

These are all "used with permission" images (or have no info as to source) and thus cannot be used by third parties, thus they are not in the spirit of the GNUFDL and hinder the redistribution of Wikipedia content. Jimbo Wales said we cannot use those type of images as a result. [1] --mav 21:04, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

I note that some of these images merely require credit and do not otherwise restrict usage. Since we are required by the GFDL to maintain authorship information, I don't see how that is incompatible. —Morven 21:30, 3 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]
I'm in the process of removing those from the above list and re-classifying them as fairuse. --mav
This appears to be an accurate scientific photograph. Does anyone see any sign of artistic creativity in lighting or other aspects of the presentation? Recall that in the US there must be some creativity to have copyright. Jamesday 13:26, 14 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

Non-commercial use images

As of June 30, 2004, images where permission is granted for non-commercial use only are not allowed. This is official Wikipedia policy pronounced by Jimbo Wales. [2]. As a result, all of these images now need to be removed from any associated articles and deleted. Before they are deleted, we should evaluate whether we can justify their use on other grounds, such as fair use. --Michael Snow 21:22, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Just to clarify, we are not yet to the point where wholesale deletions and actions against this type of image are warranted. We are still not to a satisfactory point in image tagging, and we want to finalize the new upload form (and get it active), so that we can better manage change in the future. It is advised not to upload any new non-commercial images now, and to seek replacements for non-commercial images that we have, but for today anyway, I recommend against people trying to hunt these down and extinguish them. We are going to try to have a smoother transition than that. Jimbo Wales 15:23, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
I have removed the link to http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/index.html from Wikipedia:Public domain image resources due to the non-commercial restricton. Shame, I was just about to use his Edvard Munch "Scream" image as it was from an "approved" source. PhilHibbs 12:05, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Image:Lichfield3spires.jpg is from FreeFoto.com. The uploader asserted it to be a copyright-free image, but the rules seem to be pretty clear to me that it's non-commercial only (and indeed personal-only, which would rule out use by the Wikimedia Foundation). Could I have a second opinion please?

Poster claims to be the author or to have permission

When you originally report a suspected copyright violation, do not add it here, but at the very bottom of this page (under the heading for today's date). Typically, the issue will be resolved within the usual seven days. This section is intended for cases where a second opinion is needed, or where someone should follow-up by e-mail, and which thus need a little more time.

  • River Valley Ranch. User claims on talk page to have copyright. Wyllium 06:57, 2004 Nov 13 (UTC)
  • Image:Sinitic Languages.jpg This image seems to be copyrighted, and the uploader has not stated that he has permission to use it, although a request for it now is a month old. --Vikingstad 14:12, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)
  • Dentsu from [3] (according to vfd discussion on talk page) -- Graham ☺ | Talk 00:20, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
    • See Talk:Dentsu, author claims to be copyright holder. However if this turns out to be the case the page would need to be re-listed on vfd for content. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 09:55, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Egale Canada from [4] and others - Lucky 6.9 18:23, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
    • Claims to be copyright holder on talk.Maximus Rex 23:09, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Tsubasa from [5] , but the (possible) vio was uploaded by the (claimed) author of the website: does this indicate she gives permission for it to be used under the GFDL, or just that she doesn't understand the GFDL? Pyrop 23:56, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)
    No copyvio notice. E-mail given at extlink mentioned in article ends in "@dragonmount.com". www.dragonmount.com resolves to 66.221.104.33. No such IP ever edited the article. Somebody wants to follwo-up by e-mail? Lupo 11:29, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Carlos Martínez. Uploader is not the author but claims to have permission, see Talk:Carlos Martínez. Also, the site on which I found the text is apparently not the original either. I've reverted the copyvio, assuming good faith. Also I have contacted the email address informing that I've reverted and put the page here. If anybody feels the need for a follow-up, please do so. Sander123 11:24, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
    • article is now at Carlos Martínez (actor) and I don't see that allowing the text under GFDL has been resolved. If we can't confirm, should be relisted. -- Infrogmation 21:26, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Fair use claims needing a second opinion

Apparently the old Wikipedia:Fair use mechanism has fallen out of use. This section lists all cases (typically images) where a fair use claim was made during the initial seven days, and for which a second opinion is needed. Add your comments here, and when you remove an entry from here (and it is kept), copy the discussion to the (image) talk page.

These need a thorough check for online sources, and if none are found, a check for offline sources.

  • Category:Unfree images
    • Note that some of these may not actually be unfree images, but rather images which are released under multiple licenses. anthony (see warning) 10:00, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)
  • Category:Images with missing copyright information
    These should replaced and many should be listed for deletion. Those that are currently orphaned can be listed on images for deletion. Guanaco 00:42, Aug 3, 2004 (UTC)
  • Images by Donar. Images from various web sites. --Amillar 22:55, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
  • Data recovery: parts are from [8]. Other parts may be original text. Samw 12:45, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
    • The whole text is from Infocog - but I wonder if this is a non compliant mirror. Some text also seems to be from [9]. Secretlondon 00:25, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • USAir Flight 427 from [10] Dunc_Harris|☺ 16:23, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
    • But this is a reprint of a document submitted to the US NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD - does that make it PD? Secretlondon 00:55, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
  • Sunday Times Rich List 2003 (1-500) and Sunday Times Rich List 2003 (501-1000) - is the compilaton of this information copyrighted/ RickK 22:00, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
    • Well then. Should a copyvio notice be added to those articles? -- Infrogmation 07:11, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Early Childhood Autism - Comes from a private wiki where content is copyright contributors. Contains several images that are almost certainly copyvios. See link from original author's pages. It's unclear where the article came from (e.g. was generated on that wiki or not). This will require some research to sort out. --Improv 18:27, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Content is copyright contributors on this wiki too. I don't see anything wrong with it. The images are such low quality that they are almost certainly fair use.
      • Someone else who was looking into this on IRC has said that that wiki does not mandate GFDL. With regards to the images, it may be that the content (i.e. text that is used for medical purposes) is copyright. If so, regardless of image quality, it may be covered by copyright. We need to be careful (low-res pictures of an entire short story are not fair use) --Improv 14:39, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Cerrone has very similar text to artists own website [11]. --Harriv 22:05, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Is Arun Gandhi too similar to [12], [13], and [14]? 68.81.231.127 10:54, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    Copyvio from [15] and [16], but not [17] AFAICT. But the offending material is probably small and can be easily reexpressed in one's own words. I'm too lazy for it, though;) -- Paddu 19:20, 8 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Spanish Civil War: I've made major reversions, dealing with material added by the same user noted Jan 1 for Millán Astray, Battle of Brunete, Legion Irlandaise. Material largely seems to come from pages subordinate to [18]. It may not be all copyvio, but I figured better safe than sorry. Further discussion at Talk:Spanish_Civil_War#Detailed_chronology. I won't be surprised if this one gets dicey. User:Rdsmith4 advised me on Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard that I should just block the guy. That seems excessive to me, but I'm not sure what should happen. -- Jmabel | Talk 05:26, Jan 3, 2005 (UTC)
    • Jugoslaven, the user in question, pasted the following on my talk page. This may yet turn out to be acceptable use; I will try to follow up myself, since I'm not comfortable taking this at face value from a relatively new user.
      This is copy of e-mail from www.lacucaracha.info:
      Hello,
      On Tue, Jan 04, 2005 at 02:57:18PM +0100, lukjacov@globalnet.hr wrote:
      > Can I copy-paste your articles to wikipedia?
      if you find them worthy and not too full of spelling mistakes :-)
      I just don't get to it, but I want to put a copyleft notice on the web site, that means that everybody can use the text from the site as he wishes, without referring to the source if needed/wanted and do whatever he pleases with it. Free as in totally free :-)
      Salud, and all the best,
      Tomas Capdevila
      webmaster@lacucaracha.info
    • -- Jmabel | Talk 19:30, Jan 4, 2005 (UTC)

Old

  • Image:Anne-real.jpg Historical picture of Anne Frank, but the Anne Frank House aggressively claims copyright on all such pictures, as can be seen at [19]. --Shibboleth 02:56, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
    Image is taken from a U.S. source [20] and used here under the fair use doctrine. I don't like to take proactive action—this should stay unless a lawyer really complains and the Wikimedia foundation then decides to remove the picture. As an alternative, consider using nl:Afbeelding:Dagboek anne frank.jpg, scan of a book cover showing Anne Frank, from [21]. Lupo 09:08, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
  • Under the request by Rigel who reported many copyright violated edits in ja.wp. Rigel left a message on my User talk:Aphaia and warn that the edits by User:rantaro and anonymous user User:61.22.157.95(ja) in the below are similar to the Jehovah's Wittnesses publish matter (tr. in Japanese) according to their content:
  • Shwebomin from [28] -- Cyrius|✎ 21:57, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • Original poster removed the copyright violation notice! -- Infrogmation 04:03, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
    • This whole group of articles and images is claimed on the talk pages to be used with authorization, but the authorization doesn't seem particularly official, so would require some follow-up. --Delirium 03:43, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)

October 30

  • Goblin Valley State Park - complicated as only parts seem copyvio--first sentence gets 3 hits, "Goblins of infinite design will greet you!" gets 2 hits, "Story of Goblin Valley" section directly from [29], several parts of Guidelines section are word for word matches with sites about other Utah state parks. Niteowlneils 20:12, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)

November 12

November 21

  • Vedas (old edition) from [31]. From "There is hardly any Hindu" up to "Why this circumlocution?" - Vague | Rant 07:56, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
  • List of "Shit happens" jokes from [32]; new material has been added since, but the copyright on the jokes individually and the collection of jokes is probably valid against the page still Mozzerati 22:11, 2004 Nov 21 (UTC)
    • Tag removed. This page has no copyright for the jokes listed due to prior art.Mikkalai 23:11, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
      • Prior art is for patents. What you need is a release from the copyright owner. The claim that it comes from an unknown usenet posting makes this even more unlikely. If it came from a known and linked to usenet posting then we could check directly who wrote it and what they said about copyright. I'm going to revert the removal of the tag (one time). Mozzerati
        • Mikkalai has removed some contested jokes and removed the tag. At the same time a discussion has started on the village pump. If this reaches the end of the copyvio process without completion of the discussion it should be put into the long term problems section. Mozzerati 20:36, 2004 Nov 23 (UTC)

November 24

  • The Lost and Found Department presents more articles and images tagged as copyvios but not currently listed on this page... --rbrwr± 20:25, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
    • Diane Duane from [33]
      • This is from Diane Duane's official biography. She has contacted me about it and as a result of our discussions has agreed to produce a version of it which will be released under the GFDL. Hopefully this will be done within the next week or so. --rbrwr± 12:03, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
        • Have you heard back? Can we resolve this soon? Thanks, -- Infrogmation 17:35, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)

November 26

  • In the absence of any reply from User:Esparkhu, it might be a good idea to take a look at all of their edits. See User_talk:Esparkhu for discussion. An example: Bloom syndrome and [34]. Note also Image:Autorecessive.jpg, and it might also be worth looking at the pages linking to that image, too. -- Karada 19:59, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)

December 3

December 9

These seem to be public records of a city government. Are they copyrightable? --Gene s 08:45, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
They are not under copyright, they are in the public domain Micah 23:18, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
The discussion at /Talk is quite interesting; it seems possible that (almost) all Wisconsin government documents are PD, in which case this should be recorded somewhere (Wikipedia:Public domain resources?) to guide (a) future WP:CP cases and (b) provide Wikipedians with a source of PD materials. Having said that, wisconsin.gov has a copyright policy which implies that they do have copyright. --rbrwr± 17:30, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
After looking at the Wisconsin Copyright page, it says that "The fair use guidelines of the U.S. copyright statutes apply to all material on theWisconsin.gov and linked agency Webpages." Then it says "For copy or use of information on the State of Wisconsin website that is outside of the fair use provisions of copyright law, please seek permission from the individual listed as responsible for the page." Isn't Wikipedia using this for fair use? Micah 23:55, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Maybe so, but Fair use is not the same as public domain. If you want to assert fair use, go ahead. I would still like to know whether it really is PD, because it makes a difference to future copyvio cases. --rbrwr± 19:48, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington from [44]. - Vague | Rant 11:13, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)
    • This was rewritten in /Temp mainly by User:Brianiii, and the rewrite was then cut-and-pasted over the copyvio by the original anon poster. Be careful to preserve appropriate history on this article... --rbrwr± 20:20, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
      • This would be an interesting test of the power to undelete selected revisions which has been granted to sysops in MediaWiki 1.4; we could delete the article, move the /Temp across and then undelete clean revisions of the original article (i.e. 2004-12-09-16:52 and later), thus leaving a clean version with the correct history. Would that be unduly controversial? --rbrwr± 17:12, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Haig from [[45]] - Mailer Diablo 18:37, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

December 10

  • Speaker of Lok Sabha from [46]. Oddly, user seems to be well aware of Wikipedia, going so far as to include interwiki links. However, the titles of those pages were all in English. Shortly, I will check to see if they, too are copyvios. - Vague | Rant 02:47, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
    • Odd. The articles did not exist on other Wikipedias. - Vague | Rant 02:49, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
    • The original contributor restored the text, went on editing it and left a mesage on Talk saying it was government work and it didn't have a copyright statement on it. I have replied and put the copyvio biolerplate back. --rbrwr± 19:50, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
i changed the page to a stub. I have also emailed the webmaster of the site for clarification and permission to use content of the website. kaal 23:26, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)

December 12

  • Onhan from [48]. - Vague | Rant 02:21, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
    • Rewrite in history, not sure what to do --rbrwr± 13:51, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • Barbara Lawton, from her own web site. <KF> 02:37, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
    • See 9 Dec above for discussion of Wisconsin copyright law --rbrwr± 23:11, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
  • I have had another trawl for lost & found copyvios. --rbrwr± 14:51, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Image:Rateatingplacenta.jpg from unknown, asserted to be PD by uploader; again, I thought this had been dealt with already.
      • It seems that the uploader of the image (ChuckF) and the user who added the imagevio tag to it (Reithy) are long-standing antagonists. The latter has been banned for violating an ArbCom injunction. There doesn't seem to be any actual evidence that this is a copyvio, so I'm minded to remove the imagevio tag and accept it as a PD upload. --rbrwr± 18:54, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • Lovcen from [49]; reposted at Lovcen/Temp; asserted to be PD (Montenegro government information) at Talk:Lovcen
    • The Six Million Dollar Man - part of #Trivia from [50]
      • I have rewritten the trivia item in question at The Six Million Dollar Man/Temp. 23skidoo 03:46, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
      • So how long are we supposed to wait for the rewritten material from the temp to be reinstated into the main article? The copyvio was resolved weeks ago. 23skidoo 02:34, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
        • I think this is one of those cases where we just have to put the new version into the article and leave the copyvio in the history. It would probably be best if 23skidoo just goes ahead and does it. --rbrwr± 18:57, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
          • Scratch that. I did it and credited 23skidoo and 68.6.220.141 in the edit summary. --rbrwr± 11:21, 3 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Battle of Chattanooga I from [51] - Johnteslade 17:35, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • We seem to have our battles of Chatanooga all mixed up; I'm not sure whether I should move an accuracy-disputed /Temp into place. --rbrwr± 18:28, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)

December 14

  • Kamal Nath &#0xfeff;--fvw* 22:58, 2004 Dec 14 (UTC)
    • Anon poster at Talk: claims it's PD --rbrwr± 07:09, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
      • Source site says "Contents published on this website have no legal sanctity and are for general reference only". Perhaps someone with some familiarity with India copyrights can tell us if that is a form of public domain or not? -- Infrogmation 20:37, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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  • I added a copyright violation notice to the article today. -- Infrogmation 07:59, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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In response to the above and the page citations made above, all but the pre-existing stub and other material added by various editors was drawn from one source -- an employee of Augsburg College. Please send an e-mail to this user and you will receive in response an e-mail from a staff e-mail account at Augsburg College (not a student account, not an alumni account ... a staff account). --MacSigh 07:05, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
How do you know this? And what would this response indicate? Dbenbenn 08:52, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
And even if this is true, does that staff member have the authority to release College property to GFDL? RickK 21:31, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
The problem with them being an employee and submitting the information is that the information still isn't in the public domain, and they may have not received official permission from the college to post that information elsewhere on-line. I live in Connecticut, but I can't take information from the state tourism website and post it at Connecticut, even though my tax money pays for that site. (Maybe a poor analogy, but I think my point is clear.) Rather than contacting that specific user, the college itself should be contacted about this. Just because they work there, that doesn't mean they can give free access to copyrighted material from the institution. Beginning 16:07, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Lucas Sithole from [326] DCEdwards1966 06:21, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • Image:Lemming.jpg appears to be from That Other Encyclopedia -- although it's possible that they in turn took it from some free source. See [327]. See also uploader's comments at User_talk:Tipiac#Lemming_image. -- Visviva 06:29, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Microsoft seems to have purchased that image from [328] (a stock photography agency in NYC). According to their FAQ at [329] you can only use their photos if you pay them a fee. Definate copyvio imo. Somebody in the WWW 10:33, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Akimi Yoshida from http://www.boukenshin.net/boyfruit/akimi.php. violet/riga (t) 13:58, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Whig history either this has been lifted from [330] or the latter is in violation of the Wikipedia GNU (whatever) license
  • Berdaches from [331] [[User:Rdsmith4|User:Rdsmith4/sig]] 15:59, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Frazer Nash from [332] - Estel (talk) 16:39, Jan 9, 2005 (UTC)
  • IEEE 802.1Q from [333] -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 17:53, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Emmanuel de Rohan-Polduc from [334] --BesigedB (talk) 18:04, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
  • Controlling Drug Prices from [335] -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 18:09, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
    • Also Controlling Drug Prices in the United States from the same source, by the same author -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 18:11, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
      • User has left a message on my talk page claiming to be the copyright holder and may well be for all we know. Now just the minor isue that what they've posted is a colege paper and not an encyclopedic article.. -- Francs2000 | Talk [[]] 18:28, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)
      • I don't believe we can absolutely accept that as a principle where anons are concerned (I traced parts of the content elsewhere too) (and there is the 'no original research' thing anyway) but the poster has now replaced the copyvio notice twice so I have reinstated it and locked the page temporarily. An acceptable wikified version - if such there can be - can be put on the indicated page in any event. --Vamp:Willow
  • I [still] think that Image:Vanderlei de Lima.2004 Summer Olympics.grabbed by spectator.JPG shouldn't be here. We don't have some sort of over-arching right to use any picture we please without accepting the fact that they're copyright - there is nothing "fair use" about using a news agency's picture (Reuters in this instance) just because we don't have one! Tompagenet 14:54, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
    • I think you have a point. There are too many copyrighted images that have just had a "fair use" tag slapped on them without any attempt to write a rationale or to think about what makes an image fair use. Wikipedia:Fair use says "there is no 'general rule' about fair use, each 'fair use' must be explained and a rationale must be established for that specific use". How far should we go in enforcing that? --rbrwr± 18:30, 31 Dec 2004 (UTC)
      • How about pending any more detailed policy, if someone wishes to make a serious challenge they be listed here for comment? Or perhaps WP:PUI would be a better place? I just added an imagevio notice and moved this listing to today's date. -- Infrogmation 19:22, 9 Jan 2005 (UTC)

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