Talk:Corbis

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[edit] Their images aren't free to use on Wikipedia

In case any future editors are wondering, the images on the Corbis website are very restricted legally, have not been licensed under the GFDL or released into the public domain, and cannot be copied and pasted over to Wikipedia to illustrate articles. This came up yesterday with a stock photo from Getty Images. Tempshill 23:42, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

Some of them are in fact in the public domain (either for age or because they are works of the U.S. federal government), but Corbis claims copyright on them anyway. Sigh. --Fastfission 00:12, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

This is gillettorg, poster of the November 11th edit to the Corbis entry (and VP-IT at Corbis). If there is any questions about the updated Corbis Wiki entry please, Please let me know. There is currently no restricted content on the Corbis wiki update page so not sure why it was flagged. We used a screen shot of the home page and faq data. Please let me know what I need to clarify and will do so, thanks. 12 November 2006 --gillettorg

It was tagged because the article appears to be mostly promotional material copied from Corbis's web site, which goes against WP:COPYRIGHT, WP:NPOV, and WP:NOT. Gazpacho 00:42, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

It was an updated biography of the company using templates from other wiki entries such as Yahoo, Google, and CNET as guidance (home page screen shot, company bio/history, etc..). It was the encyclopedic entry to add to the overall wiki community and to the Corbis entry in particular. Is there an Arbitration that takes place next, not sure the next steps to resolve this. Thanks for any information. gillettorg00:46, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I will try and post a less commercial version per the linked policies. Please review and let me know. Thanks again for your guidance. gillettorg 00:53, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

There's nothing to arbitrate when the text added to an article has been copied verbatim from another web site. You either show that you obtained permission from the copyright holder or you don't. If you want to expand the article in your own words and without the promotional fluff, you can do that. Gazpacho 03:11, 13 November 2006 (UTC)