Thread:Sannse/@comment-14066237-20140913211257/@comment-8-20140922203626

Hi, sorry for the slow reply, I've been away.

This is a very complex subject, and obviously I can't give legal advice, but I'll try to reply.

Generally speaking, text on Wikia is licensed under the Creative Commons by-sa license. Images may be under different licenses or conditions (including "fair use", which is a complex thing in itself. See User_blog:Semanticdrifter/Understanding_Fair_Use for more on this)

In general, if you are worried about using an image, you are best talking to the copyright owner or the person who uploaded the image. If a license is mentioned, then looking at the details of the license may help, or asking for help from those involved in the licensing (for example in the cases of screenshots you mentioned, and when dealing with Deviantart or Blogspot's rules)

A couple of other notes:

1. "Self" isn't a license, it's just a way of saying "I am the copyright owner, and I'm okay with this image being on this wikia". But, of course, they may be mistaken about the rights, and/or may not be okay with it being on another wikia. The uploader or an admin may be the best people to talk to about this. 4. Wikia doesn't use the GFDL any more, we converted to the CC-by-sa. Screenshots of Wikia should be licensed under that - unless it's of one of the few wikia that uses another license. But be aware that not everything in the image is always covered by that license (for example, images may not be CC-by-sa).

I hope that helps!