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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Robert_Wallace2/publications is this guy's images or articles free to use, or are they under copyright? There's no article for a picture of bacteria that he has, only a listing here on the organisms with least neurons article, with it at 200.— Precedingunsigned comment added byWolven1 (talk •contribs)21:13, 22 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]
Might be useful? Anybody knows how to do that?--SvenAERTS (talk)13:31, 1 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]
The article states, under "Public Domain", "A work which is not copyrighted is in the public domain, and may be freely copied by anyone", but later on it says, "Seeing something on the Internet without a copyright notice does not mean that it is in the public domain". This needs to be clarified.Thinker78 (talk)16:47, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
I find the first line of this "short version" FAQ very confusing and hard to logically unwind.
The absence of a copyright notice does not mean that a work may be freely used.
It starts with a negative of a complex situation, so I cannot imagine how a newbie makes sense of this. Instead, I'd propose something much more of a tight narrative. This is an explanation I gave recently for a virtual edit-a-thon participant which might be useful as a new starting point:
The rest of the details (the chart, fair use, etc) can be an elaboration on this. Feedback welcome. --Fuzheado |Talk10:38, 18 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I bought a postcard xx years ago. I own the card and the photo represented on the card. May I use that image and upload it to WikiMedia for use in an article? Im asking as I didn't see any reference to purchased items in the article.Farawayman (talk)13:23, 4 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I own the card and the photo represented on the card:you do not own the rights. You did not take the picture or drew the painting on this postcard. Thus, you cannot upload it, unless on fair use; but uploading it under fair use would require discerning whether it is worth uploading or not, and in this case it does not seem to be not worth it.Veverve (talk)10:52, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
According to Creative Commons, “There is no compatibility mechanism in CC BY-SA 1.0. You must use version 1.0 for your contributions to adaptations of material under BY-SA 1.0. ”source. See alsotalk,talk.Proeksad (talk)15:23, 21 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Why does this have About.com as a source (link), while About.com URLs are blacklisted from Wikipedia?Veverve (talk)10:37, 21 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Who owns the copyright on the Bible? Thanks.205.239.40.3 (talk)12:38, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
