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Where freely licensed photographs are unavailable and the owners agree to allow it, BhamWiki ''can'' publish copyrighted works. All such work reproduced by permission should be tagged with the [[:Template:Permission|<nowiki>{{Permission}}</nowiki>]] template and accompanied by a full description of the circumstances surrounding the grant of use. The name of the copyright holder, the year the work was created, and a statement from the owner that BhamWiki can publish the work should always be included. If specific terms apply, those should also be stated. | |||
Materials under copyright that are published by permission remain the property of their copyright holders and should not be distributed or reproduced elsewhere. | |||
==Copyright violations== | ==Copyright violations== | ||
Revision as of 23:25, 24 April 2007
Copyrights are the privileges granted to creators of works to protect those works from unauthorized reproduction and use. Copyrights are protected by Copyright Law under national jurisdiction and international agreement. Contributors to BhamWiki relinquish most copyright privileges and must refrain from infringing on the copyrights of others.
BhamWiki's copyright
Unless otherwise noted, all content on BhamWiki will be assumed to have been released under the project's main license, the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License version 3.0. This license allows content from BhamWiki to be copied and used for any purpose provided that BhamWiki is given credit as the source (by providing a link back to the article) and any copies or derivative works are given the same or a compatible license with no further restrictions.
BhamWiki content may be used on Wikipedia or other GFDL-licensed publications under the terms of the CC-BY-SA 3.0 license. In order to add BhamWiki content to Wikipedia, it is helpful if the contribution is made under a "dual license". At minimum, credit should be given (to the original contributor rather than to BhamWiki itself). A direct link to a specific version of the BhamWiki article (choose "Permanent link" on the sidebar toolbox) provides the proper attribution.
Contributing to BhamWiki
All new content created for the BhamWiki should be licensed by the author under the Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike License version 3.0. Text or content from sources that use different but generically-compatible licenses, such as Wikipedia's Gnu Free Documentation License will need to be dual licensed and properly cited. Text or content from sources under copyright (or with incompatible licenses, such as Creative Commons NonCommercial licenses) must not be used on BhamWiki. Content from the public domain, of course, remains in the public domain.
GFDL Content (Wikipedia)
If content is copied from Wikipedia (or any source using the GFDL), it should be attributed to its source and published here under a dual license. This can be done by using Wikipedia's citation tool to create a citation with a link back to Wikipedia, and then adding a notification that the article is published under a dual license. (Template:GFDL has been created specifically for this purpose.)
Note: If an article is rewritten to the extent that it is no longer a derivative of Wikipedia content, the dual license notice can be removed.
Public Domain content
The use of public domain content carries with it no legal obligation. As a courtesy to our users, however, it is suggested that extensive quotations, and especially images and other media copied from a public domain source be clearly labeled as such to facilitate downstream re-use. A citation of the original source is, of course, still required by our citation policy.
Fair Use
In United States copyright law, the courts have allowed a certain measure of "Fair Use" of copyrighted works. For more on this concept see Wikipedia:Fair use. In general, BhamWiki claims fair use for the following (when no alternative is available):
- Trademarked logos on articles about companies or products identified by that logo. (Use Template:Fair use-Logo)
- Screen shots of copyrighted motion pictures, tv shows or video games to illustrate articles about those works.
- Copyrighted book, magazine or album covers to illustrate articles about those publications or their creators. (Use Template:Fair use-Book or Template:Fair use-CD)
Fair use images should be uploaded at screen display resolution to discourage unauthorized uses. They should also be labeled as such, with an explanation of how they are to be used.
By permission
Where freely licensed photographs are unavailable and the owners agree to allow it, BhamWiki can publish copyrighted works. All such work reproduced by permission should be tagged with the {{Permission}} template and accompanied by a full description of the circumstances surrounding the grant of use. The name of the copyright holder, the year the work was created, and a statement from the owner that BhamWiki can publish the work should always be included. If specific terms apply, those should also be stated.
Materials under copyright that are published by permission remain the property of their copyright holders and should not be distributed or reproduced elsewhere.
Copyright violations
Known copyright violations on BhamWiki will be deleted at once and without further notice. All users are encouraged to assist with this policing. If you are aware of a copyright violation you can either remove it yourself using the "edit" tab, request removal at Bhamwiki:Copyright violations or send an email to admin at bhamwiki.com (replace the "at" with @). Repeat violators of BhamWiki's copyright policy will be blocked from editing.