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Users should avoid uploading non-free or [[FamilySearch Wiki:Copyrights|copyrighted]] images. Always describe image sources on their description page. Obscene, provocative or profane images will not be allowed, will be immediately [[FamilySearch Wiki:Deletion Process|deleted]], and the contributor subject to [[FamilySearch Wiki:Blocking and Banning|blocking or banning]]. | Users should avoid uploading non-free or [[FamilySearch Wiki:Copyrights|copyrighted]] images. Always describe image sources on their description page. Obscene, provocative or profane images will not be allowed, will be immediately [[FamilySearch Wiki:Deletion Process|deleted]], and the contributor subject to [[FamilySearch Wiki:Blocking and Banning|blocking or banning]]. | ||
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=== Copyright and Ownership === | === Copyright and Ownership === | ||
By submitting images for upload to the FamilySearch Wiki, the owner takes responsibility for the violation of copyright laws. Just because an image appears on the Internet | By submitting images for upload to the FamilySearch Wiki, the owner takes responsibility for the violation of copyright laws. Just because an image appears on the Internet does not mean that the image is without copyright, or has been released into the public domain. If there is any question about the copyright and/or ownership of an image, do not upload the image to the FamilySearch Wiki. While those screening images scan for obvious violations of copyright, the responsibility of declaring and protecting the image copyright is the sole responsibility of the image submitter. | ||
The Creative Commons (CC) license covers content that is placed in our wiki by contributors. If they hold the copyright to the material or it is their original material then they are allowing CC to govern it. If it comes from some other source then CC requires that you abide by that agreement. So if it comes from GNU or Wikimedia commons or any other source you must abide by that agreement in order to put it in our wiki. As long as proper attribution is given items from Wikimedia Commons, they can be placed in our wiki. Creative Commons lists proper attribution as follows: | The Creative Commons (CC) license covers content that is placed in our wiki by contributors. If they hold the copyright to the material or it is their original material then they are allowing CC to govern it. If it comes from some other source then CC requires that you abide by that agreement. So if it comes from GNU or Wikimedia commons or any other source you must abide by that agreement in order to put it in our wiki. As long as proper attribution is given items from Wikimedia Commons, they can be placed in our wiki. Creative Commons lists proper attribution as follows: | ||