Forum:Copyright?

Hello! I have a question about copyright. Our policies say that we should follow the Fair use under U.S. fair use laws, that includes not adding images to galleries and user pages, as they only serve for articles. But it happens that we do have galleries, and many users have Avatar images for thei own userpage. Is there a way to accept this instead of deleting all of our galleries and scan some hundred user pages? Thanks in advance, -- ( (  (  (  Matias   )  )  )  )  ~  Talk  AVATAR Wiki 23:11, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * Not really, unless you get permission from the publisher. -- 23:40, July 5, 2010 (UTC)
 * You could designed a template which would as parameters hold the pages the meet the fair use criteria, then have a bot that periodically scan the wiki for image that contain that contain that template, and have it compare the parameter list with the File links list had it remove the image from those that don't match --Roguebfl(talk) 01:26, July 6, 2010 (UTC)
 * When you say "Avatar images" do you mean images from the movie? -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 9:08 PM PST 5 Jul 2010


 * Yes, images from the movies. -- ( (  (  (  Matias   )  )  )  )  ~  Talk  AVATAR Wiki 19:08, July 6, 2010 (UTC)


 * The fair use rationale can broadly cover these images as long as your wiki is promoting the movie. The Avatar Movie site shares terms of use with FOX in general. I suggest you comb their Terms of Use. However, it does say, "Except as explicitly and expressly permitted by the Company, you are strictly prohibited from creating works or materials (including but not limited to fonts, icons, link buttons, wallpaper, desktop themes, on-line postcards, montages, mash-ups and similar videos, greeting cards and unlicensed merchandise) that derive from or are based on the Company Content." This sounds ominous, but remember that companies need to enforce their copyrights, so I wouldn't worry too much. If they don't contact the wiki, they likely aren't concerned with your content use. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 9:35 PM PST 6 Jul 2010
 * The galleries look at a quick glance as being effectively the same as having a number of image categories, to conveniently group related images together. AS is done with some image categories on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons a template could be added to each with extra info, in this case with a message clearly acknowledging that the images are copyright of the respective creators/the films publisher as appropriate and that use on other sites may not be permissible (similar to adding the wikipedia template notice to the footer of pages with content from there as acknowledgement of source of the material).


 * AS Fandyllic says if they have not complained dont worry too much. As Wikia is full of Fanon sites related to Films, Games and TV shows and as long as they are seen as promotional to the companies product & do not 'missuse its imagery' or damage the 'brand' or attempt to profit from it 99% dont have a problem and attempting to stop them would be counter productive & generate negative publicity IMO. (my personal opinions - Wikia.com may differ on those points) But clear acknowledgement of source also reinforces their brand name for them. - BulldozerD11 10:27, July 7, 2010 (UTC)