Photos and Copyright on Wikipedia
Hello all! One of your fabulous fellow students did some research and figured out how to post photos for which you gained permission. Here are the steps:
1. Contact the author of the photo ask them to confirm the license on the picture. make sure to tell the author that if it is a free license must allow for: (this applies to both the image itself and and modified versions based on it)
-modification
-redistribution
-use for any purpose, including commercial purposes
2. Let them know that the only restriction for free licenses are
-attribution of the creator (crediting the author)
-derivative works similarly must also credit the author
3. In your email, attach a consent form for the author to fill out, like the one below:
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I hereby assert that I am the creator and/or sole owner of the exclusive copyright of WORK [ insert link ].
I agree to publish that work under the free license LICENSE [images: choose at least one from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Copyright_tags text: GFDL, v. 1.2 or later and CC-BY-SA version 3.0].
I acknowledge that I grant anyone the right to use the work in a commercial product and to modify it according to their needs, provided that they abide by the terms of the license and any other applicable laws.
I am aware that I always retain copyright of my work, and retain the right to be attributed in accordance with the license chosen. Modifications others make to the work will not be attributed to me.
I acknowledge that I cannot withdraw this agreement, and that the content may or may not be kept permanently on a Wikimedia project.
DATE, NAME OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER
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4. The WORK, LICENSE and DATE, NAME OF THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER need to be filled out for this to be acceptable. This also helps clarify to the owner what they are agreeing to. If they are not filled out, the license will NOT be accepted.
5. Once permission has been granted, upload the image to wikipedia commons.
6. E-Mail the permission e-mails for Commons uploads to “permissions-commons@wikimedia.org.” Make sure to include the URL of the relevant page(s). Include in this email
-The original request and confirmation answer
-The source Internet URL and the proposed Wikipedia link for the image or article
7. Add {{OTRS pending}} to the image description page or article talk page (whichever is applicable).