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:''This page is about editors who would like to get permission to use other people's work in Misplaced Pages. For information on using Misplaced Pages content in your own work, please see ].''


To use copyrighted material on Misplaced Pages, it is ''not enough'' that we have permission to use it on Misplaced Pages alone. That's because Misplaced Pages itself states all its material may be used by anyone, for any purpose. So we have to be sure all material is in fact licenced for that purpose, whoever provided it. To use copyrighted material on Misplaced Pages, it is ''not enough'' that we have permission to use it on Misplaced Pages alone. That's because Misplaced Pages itself states all its material may be used by anyone, for any purpose. So we have to be sure all material is in fact licensed for that purpose, whoever provided it.


To do this, we must often email or contact the copyright holders and ask them to allow us to use it under the ] or a GFDL-compatible license, which would be compatible with how we want to use it. See ] for more. To do this, we must often email or contact the copyright holders and ask them to irrevocably release the source material under one or more ] copyright licenses, so that the content may be used at Misplaced Pages. We ordinarily ask that such release be provided under the ] (CC&nbsp;BY-SA) or a CC&nbsp;BY-SA-compatible license and, if possible, also the ] (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). See ] for more.


The main legal thing that is important to explain to potential contributors: they would be agreeing that their picture (or text) can be used freely by Misplaced Pages AND its downstream users, and that such use might include commercial use, for which the contributor is not entitled to royalties or compensation. Wikimedia itself is a non-profit organization, and any money raised from the re-use of Wikimedia content would go to furthering our aims—buying new servers to keep the websites running efficiently, producing print runs, making Misplaced Pages available on CD/DVD for schools and developing countries. However, not all of those who re-use our content are so high-minded. The main legal issue that is important to explain to potential contributors: they would be agreeing that their material can be used freely by Misplaced Pages AND its downstream users, and that such use might include commercial use, for which the contributor is not entitled to royalties or compensation. Wikimedia itself is a non-profit organization, and any money it raised from the re-use of Wikimedia content would go to furthering our aims—buying new servers to keep the websites running efficiently, producing print runs, making Misplaced Pages available on CD/DVD for schools and developing countries, and other activities. However, not all of those who re-use our content are so high-minded.


This means that a contributor's work might appear in print or digital versions of this encyclopedia that are sold in stores. It might appear in ]s, or other specialized subsets of the full text—teacher curriculum packets, publicity brochures, other uses we haven't thought of yet. It will certainly be used by other websites that legally copy our content. This means that a contributor's work might appear in print or digital versions of this encyclopedia that are sold in stores. It might appear in books, or other specialized subsets of the full text—teacher curriculum packets, publicity brochures, or other uses we haven't thought of yet. It will certainly be used by other websites that legally copy our content.


About half the people we ask say ''yes'', especially if it's explained that the license terms mean it is wider appreciated and that we do not want to use all their material, but just one image or item. See ] for more. About half the people we ask say ''yes'', especially if it's explained that the license terms mean it is more widely appreciated and that we do not want to use all their material, but just one image or item. See ] for more.


This page explains what must be done, if you want to use content that's copyrighted, whether you know who produced it or you don't. This page explains what must be done if you want to use content that's copyrighted, whether you know who produced it or you don't.


==More== ==More==
It sometimes happens that users post text from other websites claiming to have permission to do so. Sometimes, images from other websites are uploaded and claimed to be under a ] (], ], {{tl|No rights reserved}}, or others.) If the external website does not have any indication that such claims are well-founded, it sometimes is a good idea to try to verify such claims by contacting a representative of that website directly. You should, however, basically ] and judge for yourself whether a claim made appears credible or indeed does warrant following up with an attempt to have it confirmed. It sometimes happens that users post text from other websites claiming to have permission to do so. Sometimes, images from other websites are uploaded and claimed to be under a ] (], ], ], {{tl|No rights reserved}}, or others). If the external website does not have any indication that such claims are well-founded, it is a good idea to try to verify such claims.


If the poster or uploader claims to be the copyright holder and website owner him- or herself, leave them a message on-Wiki telling them to include a license statement on their website that says that the text or image in question is indeed published under the claimed license. That's the easiest way to confirm such a claim. If they don't do that, or claim to have permission from some third party (usually the original author or photographer), contact them or the third party via e-mail. If the poster or uploader claims to be the copyright holder and website owner themself, leave them a message on-Wiki asking them to include a license statement on their website that says that the text or image in question is indeed published under the claimed license. That's the easiest way to confirm such a claim. If they would prefer not to do that, or claim to have permission from some third party (usually the original author or photographer), permission can be verified as below through email.


If you yourself have found an image and want to contact the photographer or copyright holder up-front to secure permission before uploading the image, you should also follow these guidelines. If you yourself have found an image or text source and want to contact the photographer or copyright holder up-front to secure permission before uploading the image or adding the text, you should also follow these guidelines.

The main legal thing that is important to explain to potential contributors: they would be agreeing that their picture (or text) can be used freely by Misplaced Pages AND its downstream users, and that such use might include commercial use, for which the contributor is not entitled to royalties or compensation.


== How to ask for permission == == How to ask for permission ==


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:''See also:'' ]
{{further|c:Commons:OTRS#Declaration_of_consent_for_all_enquiries|label1=Declaration of consent for all enquiries}}
{{further|Misplaced Pages:Example requests for permission|label1=Example requests for permission}}


Search the external website and try to find a contact address. Most websites give an e-mail address of the webmaster; if the author of the text or the photographer of an image is known, try to contact the author or photographer directly. In general, do not send an inquiry to an e-mail posted on Misplaced Pages: if you have reason to question a license claim made on Misplaced Pages, you also have reason to wonder whether contact data given on Misplaced Pages is correct. Try to find a contact address off the Wiki. Send them an e-mail explaining the situation and asking for their permission. If authorship is unclear, ask them to confirm that the text or image is indeed theirs. Search the external website and try to find a contact address. Most websites give an e-mail address of the webmaster; if the author of the text or the photographer of an image is known, try to contact the author or photographer directly. In general, do not send an inquiry to an e-mail address you find posted on Misplaced Pages: if you have reason to question a license claim made on Misplaced Pages, you also have reason to wonder whether contact data given on Misplaced Pages is correct. Try to find a contact address from a source other than the Wiki. Email them explaining the situation and asking for their permission. If authorship is unclear, ask them to confirm that the text or image is indeed theirs.
=== For text === === For text ===


Text in Misplaced Pages articles must be licensed under the terms of the ]. When asking for permission, you should explain that this means that Text imported from other sites into Misplaced Pages articles must be licensed under the terms of the ] (CC&nbsp;BY-SA) (CC&nbsp;BY-SA compatible licenses are also accepted, as, of course, is release into public domain). When asking for permission, you should explain that this means that
#The text or image may be freely redistributed and used. #The text may be freely redistributed and used.
#It may be freely modified, and modified versions may also be freely redistributed and used. #It may be freely modified, and modified versions may also be freely redistributed and used.
⚫ #In all cases, CC&nbsp;BY-SA requires proper attribution of the author(s).
#Any redistribution must include the full text of the GFDL itself.
⚫ #CC&nbsp;BY-SA allows commercial re-uses provided such re-use is also under CC&nbsp;BY-SA.
⚫ #In all cases, the GFDL requires proper attribution of the author(s).
⚫ #The GFDL allows commercial re-uses provided such re-use is also under the GFDL.


You may also choose to explain that the author does not give up any of his or her rights to use the text: he or she is still free to publish the text elsewhere or to license the same text to other parties under any other license. You may also want to mention that the requirement to include the full text of the GFDL with any redistribution makes stand-alone commercial reuse of the item unlikely in practice. You may also choose to explain that the author does not give up any of their rights to use the text: they are still free to publish the text elsewhere or to license the same text to other parties under any other license.


It is recommended that you attempt to obtain dual-licensing for text under the ] (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) license as well, which uses similar ideologies to CC&nbsp;BY-SA, but is incompatible. Misplaced Pages's general content is co-licensed, and it is more convenient for our reusers to have material available under both licenses, but it is not essential when importing text from external sites authored by others.
⚫ === For images ===


⚫ === For images ===
For images, you are not limited to the GFDL: any free license will do. If the photographer's identity is unclear (for instance, if an image was uploaded stating the photographer's name and claiming a free license, but the image cannot be found on the web), ask them to confirm that the image is theirs. In any case, ask them to confirm the claimed license. For the GFDL, point out the points mentioned above. Any free license must allow ''all'' of the following, for both the image itself ''as well as'' any modified versions based on it: For images, you are not limited to CC&nbsp;BY-SA: any free license will do. If the photographer's identity is unclear (for instance, if an image was uploaded stating the photographer's name and claiming a free license, but the image cannot be found on the web), ask them to confirm that the image is theirs. In any case, ask them to confirm the claimed license. For CC&nbsp;BY-SA, point out the points mentioned above. Any free license must allow ''all'' of the following, for both the image itself ''as well as'' any modified versions based on it:
#Modification #Modification
#Redistribution #Redistribution
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The only restrictions allowable are proper attribution of the creator and the requirement that derivative works are similarly licensed. The only restrictions allowable are proper attribution of the creator and the requirement that derivative works are similarly licensed.


Persons who are the subject of a Misplaced Pages biography may also use ].
⚫ ==When permission is confirmed==
Once you have received a confirmation that permission has been given, you should forward it to ] at the e-mail address '''"<tt>permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org</tt>"''' (an OTRS address), where it will be securely archived. Forward '''''both''''' your request ''and'' the answer received to that e-mail address, preferably together as one message (e.g., as attachments to one message of yours that would say that you received such-and-such release of which article or image). In the confirmation that you forward to '''"<tt>permissions-en AT wikimedia DOT org</tt>"''', ensure that both the Internet URL for the image and the Misplaced Pages link to that same image is provided so that the Wikimedia PR department may cross reference the Wikimedia uploaded image to the Internet URL image.


==Consent letter==
After sending the email message to the Communications committee, drop a note on the talk page (not the article itself) or on the image description page mentioning that permission has been sent to the OTRS system, but avoid disclosing unnecessary personal details such as email addresses or telephone numbers. Afterwards, somebody ] will come along and tag the article or image with {<nowiki>{</nowiki>]|ticket=http://linktoticket.org }} providing evidence of the received email and clearing the status of the item in question. '''Please note''' that providing the link to the ticket number is essential to easy verification.
Direct copyright holders to read ] for a sample letter.
''See also:'' ], ],

=={{anchor|Confirmed}}When permission is confirmed==<!-- This section is linked from ] -->
{{see also|Misplaced Pages:copyrights|Misplaced Pages:Copyright problems}}

Once you have received a written/e-mail confirmation granting permission you should:

# If the material is not already on Commons or Misplaced Pages: ] relevant images, sound recordings or videos to Commons. If you don't have a Commons account, see ] for more help. If for text, upload to Misplaced Pages.
# Please ask the copyright holder to e-mail the permission e-mails for Commons uploads to '''{{No spam|permissions-commons|wikimedia.org}}''' and for text permissions to '''{{No spam|permissions-en|wikimedia.org}}''' (both are ] addresses). Make sure to include in this mail:
#* the original request and confirmation answer
#* the source Internet URL and the Wikimedia link for the image or article
#: as this will enable the Wikimedia information team to verify the materials.
# Add {{tl|permission pending}} to the image description page or article talk page (whichever is applicable). This will help an editor ] to tag the article or image with {<nowiki>{</nowiki>]|ticket=http://linktoticket.example.org<nowiki> }} providing evidence of the received e-mail and clearing the status of the item in question. Providing the link to the VRTS ticket number is essential for easy verification.</nowiki>

⚫ ===If no permission is granted===

If the copyright holder does not respond or otherwise declines to release a file under a free license, then consider leaving a note on any related talk pages so other editors will know not to waste their time trying to contact that copyright holder again. For existing non-free files on Misplaced Pages that are being used under fair use rules, this can be done by adding {{tl|owner contacted}} to the file description page. It may also be a good idea to log any such requests, whether successful or unsuccessful, at ] on Commons.


== Typical request letter for confirmation == == Typical request letter for confirmation ==
{{main|Misplaced Pages:Example requests for permission}} {{main|Misplaced Pages:Example requests for permission}}


{{divbox|brown|e-mail request template|
Dear , Dear *,


I am writing to confirm whether permission is granted to use * from your website under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) ( http://en.wikipedia.org/GFDL ). A user with the * has pasted in text from your website to Misplaced Pages, the 💕. The text concerns and the original submission can be viewed at . I am writing to confirm whether permission is granted to use * from your website under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License (CC&nbsp;BY-SA). A user with the * has pasted in text from your website to Misplaced Pages, the 💕. The text concerns * and the original submission can be viewed at *.


This user claims on the talk page to *, but for the page to remain on our site, we need further evidence that this is the case. Please be assured that if you do not grant permission, your content will not be used at Misplaced Pages; we have a strict policy against copyright violations. This user claims on the talk page * to *, but for the page to remain on our site, we need further evidence that this is the case. Please be assured that if you do not grant permission, your content will not be used at Misplaced Pages; we have a strict policy against copyright violations.


You can read the GNU Free Document License in full at http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GFDL . (To keep things simple, we do not use Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts, or Back-Cover Texts.) The license stipulates that any copy of the material, even if modified, must carry the same license. This means that anyone would be licensed to distribute the material, possibly for a fee (we would distribute your work free of charge). Under the license, no distributor (commercial or otherwise) can restrict future distribution, so your work would never become proprietary. In addition, the license does not grant the right to imply your endorsement of a modified version. You can read CC&nbsp;BY-SA in full at https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License. The license stipulates that any copy of the material, even if modified, must carry the same license. This means that anyone would be licensed to distribute the material, possibly for a fee (we would distribute your work free of charge). Under the license, no distributor (commercial or otherwise) can restrict future distribution, so your work would never become proprietary. In addition, the license does not grant the right to imply your endorsement of a modified version.


Please note that your contributions may not remain intact as submitted; this license and the collaborative nature of our project entitles others to edit, alter, and update content at will, i.e., to keep up with new information, or suit the text to a different purpose. There is more information on our copyright policy at: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Copyrights . Please note that your contributions may not remain intact as submitted; this license and the collaborative nature of our project entitles others to edit, alter, and update content at will, i.e., to keep up with new information, or suit the text to a different purpose. There is more information on our copyright policy at: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Copyrights .
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Yours faithfully, Yours faithfully,


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==See also==
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* ] — "How-To" guide for acquiring free images for novices (5 steps). Note that the example involves contacting the article subject, who is not always the copyright holder.
* ] — Another useful guide.
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To use copyrighted material on Misplaced Pages, it is not enough that we have permission to use it on Misplaced Pages alone. That's because Misplaced Pages itself states all its material may be used by anyone, for any purpose. So we have to be sure all material is in fact licensed for that purpose, whoever provided it.

To do this, we must often email or contact the copyright holders and ask them to irrevocably release the source material under one or more suitably-free and compatible copyright licenses, so that the content may be used at Misplaced Pages. We ordinarily ask that such release be provided under the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) or a CC BY-SA-compatible license and, if possible, also the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). See our copyright policy for more.

The main legal issue that is important to explain to potential contributors: they would be agreeing that their material can be used freely by Misplaced Pages AND its downstream users, and that such use might include commercial use, for which the contributor is not entitled to royalties or compensation. Wikimedia itself is a non-profit organization, and any money it raised from the re-use of Wikimedia content would go to furthering our aims—buying new servers to keep the websites running efficiently, producing print runs, making Misplaced Pages available on CD/DVD for schools and developing countries, and other activities. However, not all of those who re-use our content are so high-minded.

This means that a contributor's work might appear in print or digital versions of this encyclopedia that are sold in stores. It might appear in books, or other specialized subsets of the full text—teacher curriculum packets, publicity brochures, or other uses we haven't thought of yet. It will certainly be used by other websites that legally copy our content.

About half the people we ask say yes, especially if it's explained that the license terms mean it is more widely appreciated and that we do not want to use all their material, but just one image or item. See Misplaced Pages:Example requests for permission for more.

This page explains what must be done if you want to use content that's copyrighted, whether you know who produced it or you don't.

More

It sometimes happens that users post text from other websites claiming to have permission to do so. Sometimes, images from other websites are uploaded and claimed to be under a free license (CC BY-SA, GFDL, public domain, {{No rights reserved}}, or others). If the external website does not have any indication that such claims are well-founded, it is a good idea to try to verify such claims.

If the poster or uploader claims to be the copyright holder and website owner themself, leave them a message on-Wiki asking them to include a license statement on their website that says that the text or image in question is indeed published under the claimed license. That's the easiest way to confirm such a claim. If they would prefer not to do that, or claim to have permission from some third party (usually the original author or photographer), permission can be verified as below through email.

If you yourself have found an image or text source and want to contact the photographer or copyright holder up-front to secure permission before uploading the image or adding the text, you should also follow these guidelines.

The main legal thing that is important to explain to potential contributors: they would be agreeing that their picture (or text) can be used freely by Misplaced Pages AND its downstream users, and that such use might include commercial use, for which the contributor is not entitled to royalties or compensation.

How to ask for permission

Further information: Wikimedia VRT release generator Further information: Declaration of consent for all enquiries Further information: Example requests for permission

Search the external website and try to find a contact address. Most websites give an e-mail address of the webmaster; if the author of the text or the photographer of an image is known, try to contact the author or photographer directly. In general, do not send an inquiry to an e-mail address you find posted on Misplaced Pages: if you have reason to question a license claim made on Misplaced Pages, you also have reason to wonder whether contact data given on Misplaced Pages is correct. Try to find a contact address from a source other than the Wiki. Email them explaining the situation and asking for their permission. If authorship is unclear, ask them to confirm that the text or image is indeed theirs.

For text

Text imported from other sites into Misplaced Pages articles must be licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 4.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA) (CC BY-SA compatible licenses are also accepted, as, of course, is release into public domain). When asking for permission, you should explain that this means that

  1. The text may be freely redistributed and used.
  2. It may be freely modified, and modified versions may also be freely redistributed and used.
  3. In all cases, CC BY-SA requires proper attribution of the author(s).
  4. CC BY-SA allows commercial re-uses provided such re-use is also under CC BY-SA.

You may also choose to explain that the author does not give up any of their rights to use the text: they are still free to publish the text elsewhere or to license the same text to other parties under any other license.

It is recommended that you attempt to obtain dual-licensing for text under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) license as well, which uses similar ideologies to CC BY-SA, but is incompatible. Misplaced Pages's general content is co-licensed, and it is more convenient for our reusers to have material available under both licenses, but it is not essential when importing text from external sites authored by others.

For images

For images, you are not limited to CC BY-SA: any free license will do. If the photographer's identity is unclear (for instance, if an image was uploaded stating the photographer's name and claiming a free license, but the image cannot be found on the web), ask them to confirm that the image is theirs. In any case, ask them to confirm the claimed license. For CC BY-SA, point out the points mentioned above. Any free license must allow all of the following, for both the image itself as well as any modified versions based on it:

  1. Modification
  2. Redistribution
  3. Use for any purpose, including commercial purposes.

The only restrictions allowable are proper attribution of the creator and the requirement that derivative works are similarly licensed.

Persons who are the subject of a Misplaced Pages biography may also use Misplaced Pages:Contact us/Photo submission.

Consent letter

Direct copyright holders to read Misplaced Pages:Declaration of consent for all enquiries for a sample letter.

When permission is confirmed

See also: Misplaced Pages:copyrights and Misplaced Pages:Copyright problems

Once you have received a written/e-mail confirmation granting permission you should:

  1. If the material is not already on Commons or Misplaced Pages: Upload relevant images, sound recordings or videos to Commons. If you don't have a Commons account, see Commons:First steps for more help. If for text, upload to Misplaced Pages.
  2. Please ask the copyright holder to e-mail the permission e-mails for Commons uploads to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org and for text permissions to permissions-en@wikimedia.org (both are volunteer response team addresses). Make sure to include in this mail:
    • the original request and confirmation answer
    • the source Internet URL and the Wikimedia link for the image or article
    as this will enable the Wikimedia information team to verify the materials.
  3. Add {{permission pending}} to the image description page or article talk page (whichever is applicable). This will help an editor with access to VRTS to tag the article or image with {{Permission ticket|ticket=http://linktoticket.example.org }} providing evidence of the received e-mail and clearing the status of the item in question. Providing the link to the VRTS ticket number is essential for easy verification.

If no permission is granted

If the copyright holder does not respond or otherwise declines to release a file under a free license, then consider leaving a note on any related talk pages so other editors will know not to waste their time trying to contact that copyright holder again. For existing non-free files on Misplaced Pages that are being used under fair use rules, this can be done by adding {{owner contacted}} to the file description page. It may also be a good idea to log any such requests, whether successful or unsuccessful, at Commons:WikiProject Permission requests on Commons.

Typical request letter for confirmation

Main page: Misplaced Pages:Example requests for permission e-mail request template

Dear *,

I am writing to confirm whether permission is granted to use * from your website under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA). A user with the * has pasted in text from your website to Misplaced Pages, the 💕. The text concerns * and the original submission can be viewed at *.

This user claims on the talk page * to *, but for the page to remain on our site, we need further evidence that this is the case. Please be assured that if you do not grant permission, your content will not be used at Misplaced Pages; we have a strict policy against copyright violations.

You can read CC BY-SA in full at https://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License. The license stipulates that any copy of the material, even if modified, must carry the same license. This means that anyone would be licensed to distribute the material, possibly for a fee (we would distribute your work free of charge). Under the license, no distributor (commercial or otherwise) can restrict future distribution, so your work would never become proprietary. In addition, the license does not grant the right to imply your endorsement of a modified version.

Please note that your contributions may not remain intact as submitted; this license and the collaborative nature of our project entitles others to edit, alter, and update content at will, i.e., to keep up with new information, or suit the text to a different purpose. There is more information on our copyright policy at: http://en.wikipedia.org/Wikipedia:Copyrights .

The article will be deleted in seven days time if permission is not confirmed, though it can be restored at a later date if you choose to respond later to state that such use is allowed.

Thank you for your time. I look forward to your response.

Yours faithfully,

*

  • - Your name
  • *delete as appropriate

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