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Revision as of 06:42, 30 August 2007
Please note that I'm not a lawyer; but, have had a bunch of discussions with them regarding copyright in U.S. and Canadian laws. As AboutUs's HQ and main servers are located in the United States, that is the laws we must follow.
Images to be used on AboutUs must fall under 1 of the following categories:
- The image has been released to the Public Domain.
- The image has been released under the Creative Commons (without a non-commercial tag).
- Using the image qualifies as Fair use.
Contents
Finding Images
Some great places to find public domain or Creative Commons pics are
Wikimedia Commons
Wikipedia
Flickr
- Click the Creative Commons checkbox and the Find content to use commercially checkbox.
- When viewing images look at the toolbar on the right of the image
- If it says (C) All rights reserved like the above image then you can't use it on AboutUs.
- If it says Some rights reserved then you can use it, just remember to link to the picture.
Wikihow
- You must have a Wikihow.com account to search.
Fair Use
- Promotional Items: DVD, Book, and CD covers all fall under fair use if your talking about the item. Movie posters would also fall under fair use.
Tagging Images
- Always include a link to where you got the image and how your allowed to use it. If you want to go a little extra you can use one of the following tags.
