Does Wikipedia violate copyright?

The text of Wikipedia is copyrighted (automatically, under the Berne Convention) by Wikipedia editors and contributors and is formally licensed to the public under one or several liberal licenses.

Are things on Wikipedia copyrighted?

The text contained in Wikipedia is copyrighted (automatically, under the Berne Convention) by Wikipedia contributors and licensed to the public under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).

Is it illegal to copy from Wikipedia?

If you are unwilling or unable to use the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License or the GNU Free Documentation License for your work, use of Wikipedia content is unauthorized. Small quotations of Wikipedia content, with its source attributed, may be permissible under the "fair use" clause of US copyright law.

Can I use images from Wikipedia commercially?

The GFDL license under which Wikipedia is released explicitly allows our content to be used commercially. For this reason, all our free content must allow commercial use, even though Wikipedia itself is non-profit.

How do I get copyright permission from Wikipedia?

Wikipedia editing basics: Plagiarism and copyright violation

Can you use images from Wikipedia without copyright?

You can use images that are freely-licensed images, provided you comply with the individual image's license terms. While all article text is licensed under the GFDL, free images have several free content licenses to choose from. See Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Free licenses for the many possibilities.

Can Wikipedia ban you from editing?

If an editor has proven to be repeatedly disruptive in one or more areas of Wikipedia, the community may impose a time-limited or indefinite topic ban, interaction ban, site ban, or other editing restriction(s) via a consensus of editors who are not involved in the underlying dispute.

How do I get permission to use an image in Wikipedia?

Alternatively, you can ask the copyright holder to post a notice on the website where the image originated stating that it is released under an appropriate free license (such as these; CC BY-SA 4.0 is simplest, because Wikipedia's text already uses that license).

Is Wikimedia Commons fair use?

Fair use is not allowed on Commons

Wikimedia Commons does not accept content under the condition of fair use.

Is it acceptable to use an image you have created yourself?

In short: If you created an original image, you own it. That ownership gives you exclusive rights to display and reproduce what you create. If you didn't create it, you need permission to use it.

Why you don't use Wikipedia as a source?

Wikipedia is not considered scholarly. Wikipedia acknowledges that its information is not properly vetted. The site has included hoaxes. People have created and edited pages to drive traffic to other websites.

Why don't we use Wikipedia as a source?

Here's why: Wikipedia content is not necessarily written by subject experts, and may be inadequate or incorrect. Articles in Wikipedia may be changed or deleted between viewings.

Can you get fined for editing Wikipedia?

It is not a criminal act to vandalise Wikipedia. However, it is against the site's terms of use to vandalise or otherwise cause disruption. Vandals are blocked from editing, and may also be further banned according to the terms of use.

Can you claim a Wikipedia page?

This page in a nutshell: No one "owns" content (including articles or any page at Wikipedia). If you create or edit an article, other editors can make changes, and you cannot prevent them from doing so. In addition, you should not undo their edits without good reason.

Do you need to cite Wikipedia images?

That depends on the individual picture. While all Wikipedia text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License (CC-BY-SA), images and other media are licensed separately.

Are photos over 100 years old public domain?

Virtually every original prints of historical photographs published before January 1923 is now in the public domain. This means that anyone possessing an original image from 1922 or before can copy, prepare derivative works, distribute, or display the photograph without needing to obtain permission.

What's the difference between Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons?

Wikipedia is a freely-licensed encyclopedia project; volunteers work to build an encyclopedia. Commons is a freely-licensed media repository project: volunteers expand and curate a huge collection of media files. That's about it, really.

Is Wikipedia granting work into the public domain?

For all practical purposes on Wikipedia, the public domain comprises copyright-free works: anyone can use them in any way and for any purpose. Proper attribution to the author or source of a work, even if it is in the public domain, is still required in order to comply with relevant policies.

Is Wikimedia Commons the same as Wikipedia?

This page in a nutshell: Wikimedia Commons is a repository for public domain and freely-licensed educational media content. It is not an encyclopedia, dictionary, or book, and it is not Wikipedia. It is also not a personal web host, social network, or advertising platform.

Do you need permission to edit Wikipedia?

Anyone can use the basic functionalities of Wikipedia even if they are not logged in. Unless they are blocked, they may freely edit most pages.

How do I find copyright free images?

You can find high-quality royalty-free images on websites like Unsplash, Pixabay, and Pexels.

How do I get permission to use copyrighted images?

What happens if you accidentally edit a Wikipedia page?

If a past version is saved (with or without editing it), all changes made to the page since the version that was just saved just disappear from the page, so do this with great caution, and only if you are sure you know what you are doing. (But your edit can then itself be reverted, which puts them all back again.

Why did schools block Wikipedia?

The reliability of Wikipedia articles was considered poor by many institutions in early 2007. Also, some considered Wikipedia's coverage of subjects as making research too easy for the student efforts.

Can Wikipedia edits be traced?

Can Wikipedia edits be traced? Wikipedia edits can always be traced back to either an IP address or a username. Usernames are generally less conspicuous and harder to track, but administrators on Wikipedia have special tools that allow them to find out who's behind a username.