Why this was created
Robin Hawk messaged me on IRC bassically stating that she wasn't comfortable including the fairuse tag on her images, and after brainstorming a little we created this tag. It is to be used for images created (or taken, in the case of photos) by the person uploading them. --Windos 11:17, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
- Interesting - so the only difference is that fairuse acknowledges that anyone can use the image on the Wiki as along as they assert that this qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law. Meanwhile, this tag asserts that the image is copyrighted but well not let anyone use it except for the person who uploaded it. Is that correct? --Tron 23:17, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
- Yes Tron, basically RH just wanted a bit of protection for personal photos and the like. The only catch to using it I guess is that the uploader has to be the owner of the image. It may need tweaking, or be inapropriate in general... I'm not a lawyer :P Was only created to address an issue a member had :) --Windos 00:43, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
Well, any images I have made for the DB (robes, sabers, charimages, etc) are copywritten, and may be used under exclusive license by DB members. Basically, we can use them freely, and fairuse isn't an issue. lifting images from other sources is another matter, but I often wish we had a requirement to post the source of the images, rather than just the generic 'fair use' tag. Maybe we should require people to credit the source (which may be required for fairuse anyway, i'm not sure as I am not a lawyer). --
- Muz, it may be possible to alter the fairuse template to include a url (or not if not supplied) so it could be used like {{Fairuse|www.theoriginal.com/image.jpg}} and if would add "Originall found at: www.theoriginal.com/image.jpg". I might look into it, If Solus or one of the staff don't get to it first. --Windos 00:43, 22 November 2009 (UTC)
- Ummmm....Fairuse is a part of copyright law and doesn't meant the work isn't copyrighted. See [1] Orv Dessrx 02:34, 18 December 2009 (UTC)