Rolen05

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Image copyright problem with Image:Suppan heyman.jpg

Image Copyright problem

Thank you for uploading Image:Suppan heyman.jpg. However, it currently is missing information on its copyright status. Wikipedia takes copyright very seriously. It may be deleted soon, unless we can determine the license and the source of the image. If you know this information, then you can add a copyright tag to the image description page.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them at the media copyright questions page. Thanks again for your cooperation. NOTE: once you correct this, please remove the tag from the image's page. STBotI (talk) 23:49, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

Rolen05 - I just read your message to ST47's talk page, and thought I'd share some Wiki-experiences with you about images. You say you obtained the image in question from a website? If it is not explicitly your website, and if the picture is not in the public domain, it probably is a copyrighted image, and as such, may be speedily deleted. If, on the other hand, it's a public domain image in the first place, then your license citation needs to say that. Can you tell me more about the image, where you got it, and the URL of the website that you got it from? It sounds to me like we might be delving into copyright issues, as posting an image from another website, UNLESS that website explicitly states that all content is public domain, is generally a BAD idea...Edit Centric (talk) 08:24, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

I just did a bit of research, and you might want to check out the following link: Fair Use Images. Generally, Wikipedia prefers images that are public domain, or your own work and released to public domain. Copyrighted images MAY be used, IF you include a statement about where the image came from, its license status, and a fair use rationale template for the page that it is used on. If the image is displayed for the sole purpose of scholarship on the subject it depicts, then it might be cool. Overall, image uploading and use on Wikipedia is a hairy issue, but those waters CAN be navigated with a bit of research and attention to detail. Edit Centric (talk) 08:47, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Image issue...

It's okay to be new, everyone here was new at some point! :-D

Just remember that not all images out on the web are public domain. Recent laws have increased the protection of images to include web-based graphics and images, keep in mind that the internet isn't that old. (We didn't HAVE e-mail back in 1992 when I was over in Germany, and my family was here in the states...) Capturing, copying and re-posting these images should be done with a modicum of care these days... Edit Centric (talk) 21:34, 24 December 2007 (UTC)

Lemme think on this one a minute or two. Christmas activities and all, ya know... Edit Centric (talk) 08:26, 25 December 2007 (UTC)