User talk:84.65.121.103

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[edit] Copyright violation

Your addition of a copyrighted image to Kristanna Loken in violation of the image's license and without the mandatory detailed fair-use rationale, has been reverted. Please note that the Wikipedia takes image copyright issues very seriously as violations put the organisation directly at risk for legal action. --Yamla 22:11, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

You also committed a violation of Wikipedia's copyright and fair-use policies at Eve Myles. --Yamla 22:13, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Apologise for that but I don't know where I am going wrong, can you please advise?

[edit] Problems With Wikipedia

You asked: "He Yamla, I was wondering if you can tell me, I want to upload some screenshots from some films and place them on here, but I am afraid they will get pulled off and I will get banned... can you advise me a way to stop this from happening? Many thanks."

Well, the main issue is what you are going to use the images for. You can only use them to illustrate the film itself and even then, you can only really have one fair-use screenshot per article. You cannot use a film screenshot solely to depict a person, for example. But a good use would be, say, a film screenshot showing really cheesy fake blood, attached to a paragraph discussing the cheesy fake blood. Anyway, for all copyrighted images, you need a source identifying the copyright holder, a license and justification for that license (generally, film-screenshot would be appropriate here), and a detailed hand-written fair-use rationale for each use of the image. And of course, you need to adhere to the license text. Please let me know if you have any more specific questions. --Yamla 22:17, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your help, but I would be using the screenshots for profile pictures of Characters for films like Scream Trilogy, Terminator Trilogy, etc... Would this be ok just to get pictures of said character not in a pose, but acting so to speak... then capture it and use it as the profile picture?

This is certainly not permitted if you are using the images to illustrate a person. But whether such could be used to depict a character (note the important difference, please ask if you don't see the difference) is less certain. Until recently, I'd have said absolutely yes, this is allowable. There have been some changes to WP:FUC, however, that make this less clear but my opinion is that it would still be an appropriate fair-use. One thing people sometimes mess up on, though, is claiming that images are promotional (thus, using the promotional tag) without providing any evidence the image came from a press kit. Doesn't sound like it'll be a problem for you, though, given that you are using film screenshots. Note that each use of a copyrighted image must have a detailed hand-written fair-use rationale justifying its use, explaining why only a copyrighted image is appropriate in this case and why the use does not infringe on the copyright holder's rights. --Yamla 22:28, 23 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't believe there is going to be a problem then, as long as the pictures are used for a character profile, not an actors, and i give full details of copyright then?

And a detailed hand-written fair-use rationale for each use of the image on the Wikipedia, yes.  :) --Yamla 22:43, 23 October 2006 (UTC)