User talk:Lazarusx
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[edit] License tagging for Image:Downes.jpg
Thanks for uploading Image:Downes.jpg. Wikipedia gets thousands of images uploaded every day, and in order to verify that the images can be legally used on Wikipedia, the source and copyright status must be indicated. Images need to have an image tag applied to the image description page indicating the copyright status of the image. This uniform and easy-to-understand method of indicating the license status allows potential re-users of the images to know what they are allowed to do with the images.
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This is an automated notice by OrphanBot. If you need help on selecting a tag to use, or in adding the tag to the image description, feel free to post a message at Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. 11:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)
- This seems to be up again. I'd recommend uploading them under the GFDL. If you don't think you are in a postion to do this I can speak to Oll Lewis and get the thumbs up from him. (Emperor 15:35, 19 November 2006 (UTC))
[edit] re: Jonathan Downes photo
Thank you for using Wikipedia. However, you have previously indicated that only Wikipedia has permission to use this image (with no other terms specified). Unfortunately, we cannot accept these sort of images. One of the primary goals here is to have a free, copyleft encyclopedia that anybody can distribute, reproduce, transmit, use commercially, or use for any other purpose. Thus, new images need to be compatible with a copyleft license, which allows anyone to use it.
Instead, you should ask the copyright holder of that image if he or she would be willing to make the file available under a free license such as the GNU Free Documentation License, Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike license, or even public domain.
If that fails, the other option is to claim that you are using the image under the fair use exceptions, but you must follow the strict policies on using fair use images. Otherwise, you cannot use it.
Hope this helps a bit. For more information, please read our image policy and how to properly tag the copyright situation of images. You can also post questions on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thanks. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:37, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
