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