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=== [[All The Tropes:Copyrights|Copyright and Fair Use]] ===
=== [[All The Tropes:Copyrights|Copyright and Fair Use]] ===
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* Pictures look nicer without "station bugs" (watermark-like logos in the corner, added by a broadcasting TV station).
* If an image has a little copyright stamp (©) on it, we can't use it. Even if we get permission from the copyright holder.
* The same goes for watermarks of ownership; attempting to remove them is too much work (and, as a [[Rules Lawyer]] points out, against the DMCA).
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** Note that "station bugs" (watermark-like logos in the corner, added by a broadcasting TV station) are not the same as an artist/owner's watermark, though pictures look nicer without them.
* "Artist scribbles" and signatures are fine.
* "Artist scribbles" and signatures are fine.
* Taking screenshots or scans for illustrative purposes on this Creative Commons wiki falls under fair use.
* Taking screenshots or scans for illustrative purposes on this Creative Commons wiki falls under fair use.
* [[Real Life]] pictures: although [[This Wiki]] documents devices in fiction, sometimes a real life picture is the best available ([[Schmuck Bait]] is an example).
* [[Real Life]] pictures: although [[This Wiki]] documents devices in fiction, sometimes a real life picture is the best available. ([[Schmuck Bait]] is an example.)
* Artist permission is always nice to have. If you want to use an artist's work as a page image, it is common courtesy to send an email to the artist and ask for their permission. Here is an example that was sent and responded to with permission:
* Artist permission is always nice to have. If you want to use an artist's work as a page image, it is common courtesy to send an email to the artist and ask for their permission. Here is an example that was sent and responded to with permission:
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{{quote|Hello Dalgarra,
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* Original art (from [[DeviantArt]], [[Flickr]], etc.) may be Creative Commons licensed. If you see that, go ahead and use the picture but be sure to follow the CC terms, especially BY (give the artist credit -- a link back to their website in the caption generally suffices and is a good thing to do anyway) and Remix (if it doesn't have this it means you aren't supposed to alter the image; resizing is probably OK). SA (share-alike) is covered by the wiki's CC license. NC (non-commercial) is ''not''.
* Original art (from [[DeviantArt]], [[Flickr]], etc.) may be Creative Commons licensed. If you see that, go ahead and use the picture but be sure to follow the CC terms, especially BY (give the artist credit -- a link back to their website in the caption generally suffices and is a good thing to do anyway) and Remix (if it doesn't have this it means you aren't supposed to alter the image; resizing is probably OK). SA (share-alike) is covered by the wiki's CC license. NC (non-commercial) is ''not''.
* TV Tropes added NC to their CC license in 2012, which is why we can't use something copied from The Other Tropes Wiki after they changed their license to include it. If you really want to use an image on TV Tropes that was added after 2012, you'll have to find the original image and use it instead.
* TV Tropes added NC to their CC license in 2012, which is why we can't use something copied from The Other Tropes Wiki after they changed their license to include it. If you really want to use an image on TV Tropes that was added after 2012, you'll have to find the original image and use it instead.

Speaking of TV Tropes, their version of this page as of the fork included the phrases "If an image has a little copyright stamp (©) on it, we can't use it" and "The same goes for watermarks of ownership". These statements are [[Artistic License: Law|Artistic License Law]] (of the type "'we didn't ''know'' it was copyrighted' is a legal defense"{ref}It isn't.</ref>) that bear no relation to actual copyright law. It is the opinion of All The Tropes that we have the same "fair dealing" and "fair use" rights that other encyclopedic wikis (such as Wikipedia) have to use limited excerpts from copyrighted works for the purpose of review and analysis, as long as we identify that we are using images under fair use. (This "encyclopedic" usage, by the way, is why we come down hard on people who add false information to the wiki - allowing one feeble joke is not worth us needing to delete tens of thousands of images.)


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