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    Media copyright questions

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    Book cover photo for Maid by Stephanie Land

    Hi, I am new, so I am sorry if I do not use correct terminology. I created a new page for Stephanie Land's book Maid. Here is the link: Maid (book)

    I uploaded the cover of the book following all instructions for using a copyrighted image under Fair Use. I provided the non-free book cover rationale when uploading the image. On Sunday, I received a bot message: User talk:Cyborgwriter#c-B-bot-20240225184000-Orphaned non-free image File:Maid Cover.webp

    Does this mean I should try to upload the cover again? Thank you for your help. Cyborgwriter (talk) 23:28, 29 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @Cyborgwriter I think the problem was that in this version [1] you didn't add the rationale in way the bot recognized (and it was a little short on detail). But afaict, in this version [2] you did, so everything should be ok now, image-wise. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 19:20, 1 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you for your help! I'm new so I really appreciate the advice. Cyborgwriter (talk) 19:49, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Lithograph copyrights

    According to this listing this lithograph was published by Landfall Press, Chicago in 1981, so there is a chance that it fell into the public domain if it was published without a copyright notice and not subsequently registered. Does anyone here know what the common practice was with lithographs? I have not been able to find an entry in the copyright catalog, but that doesn't mean much. Felix QW (talk) 15:08, 9 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User HMAwiki uploaded File:Philip_Pearlstein-Nude_on_a_Bamboo_Sofa.jpeg as their own work. I have doubts about this, but don't what to do about it. Do I need to raise this at WP:FFD? Or what is the process? The user has not edited since 2014 and Pearlstein died in 2022. RudolfRed (talk) 00:27, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The "Own work" claim is clearly bogus. I was planning to send it to FFD, but then it occurred to me that the lithograph may conceivably be in the public domain if it had been published without a copyright notice. Should no one come up with any better ideas over the next days, I would go to FFD, but do please go ahead with it yourself if you would like to! Felix QW (talk) 07:31, 12 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    As there were no more responses, I opened an WP:FFD discussion here. Felix QW (talk) 19:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Is Kate Middleton's Mother's Day photo alright?

    Per Talk:Where is Kate?, I'd like to know if the Mother's Day photo would be alright to upload. Here's a BBC article with the photo included, in case it helps. Slamforeman (talk) 20:29, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    What part of "Source: Prince of Wales/Kensington Palace" did you not notice? Copyright is not waived in any way. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:13, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I did not mean to ask about copyright, (apologies, I can see now I did not clarify), I meant to ask if it was useable as Non-free content. It is currently being used, but it has been called into question so I wanted to be sure. Slamforeman (talk) 01:51, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Slamforeman, in my opinion, the photograph is fine from an NFCC perspective because its section is dedicated to significant, sourced commentary about it. ⟲ Three Sixty! Talk? Work. 04:03, 15 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Who owns the copyright of book covers?

    If no cover artist is named, it's generally the publishing company, not the author of the book, right?

    And if no author is named, then is it an anonymous work? The Quirky Kitty (talk) 01:30, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    It is usually the publisher, yes. I don't think it's ever been practice for cover artists to retain the rights to their work—it would be a lot of leverage when your client is copying it over and over and over. Remsense 01:31, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    On the contrary, Rem, artists such as Michael Whelan and Boris Vallejo license their cover art to a publisher for use on a specific book, but retain all other rights, and make a nice sum by then publishing collections of their work. But a publisher using a cover by a Whelan or a Vallejo would give artist credit, usually on the dustjacket [if any] as well as inside the book. --Orange Mike | Talk 15:36, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Quite! Yes, I was a bit too universalizing there. Thank you for the elaboration. Remsense 15:38, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    So is there any distinction between book covers and (hardback) dust jackets? Thanks. Martinevans123 (talk) 15:45, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    From a copyright point of view, no. Tangentially: it is my observation that publishers of hardcovers and trade paperbacks are a smidgen more likely to be fully professional about artist credits than those who publish mass market paperbacks, magazines and comics; and that this was especially true before, say, 1970 or so. This has been a bane of collectors and other scholars of publishing, most especially mass market/popular culture publishing. --Orange Mike | Talk 16:06, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Is it correct to say that an artwork may be used on, or adapted for, a book cover, but that the copyright for the artwork itself may be retained by the artist? So one might see "painting of such-and-such reproduced with kind permission of so-and-so"? Martinevans123 (talk) 16:16, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes. It is not unusual to see famous copyrighted artworks (such as some of the works of M. C. Escher) licensed for use on book covers, for instance. I'm not sure of the wording of the copyright notice in such cases, though. —David Eppstein (talk) 17:45, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I wonder if it varies between different copyright jurisdictions. Martinevans123 (talk) 17:56, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    The nearest 2005 hardcover to my hand says, "Illustrations by X Y" on the copyright page; so presumably the publisher bought all rights, or it's a work-for-hire. Reaching for a 1968 U.S. mass-market paperback, there is nothing whatsoever anywhere in the book to tell you who created the art or holds the copyright, although there's a surname in the usual place on the cover painting. I observe, though, that the copyright notices reserve "the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof" and "the right of reproduction in whole or in part"; which must be presumed to include the cover art. --Orange Mike | Talk 18:06, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks to these responses, I can conclude that we can't judge a book cover by its cover. Unless someone accesses a copy to see if the author is credited, we can't tell when copyright expired. We can only declare book covers public-domain if {{PD-US-expired}}, {{PD-old-assumed}}, {{PD-text}} or similar applies.
    I have an interest in fixing files that are mistakenly licensed as fair use, and there's a bunch of new book covers, which is why I inquired. This is the same standard I used for my previous edits and I'll continue following it. The Quirky Kitty (talk) 18:34, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Copyright status of works by the Navajo Nation government

    Hello,

    I found this image of JoAnn Jayne on the official Navajo Nation website, but after a lot of research, I'm not sure of its copyright status. I did not see anything in the Navajo Nation code which expressly deals with the copyright status of works created on behalf of the government (though to be fair, I don't know if it is a work created on behalf of the NN government), and cannot figure out if this would be a federal issue or not because of tribal governments' unique status in US law.

    Thank you for any help on this question,
    JohnSon12a (talk) 14:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Barring any declaration to the contrary, the material would be copyrighted by default. Although the particular page and its home page carry no terms of use link, the Navajon Nation main site terms of use does declare its material as copyrighted. -- Whpq (talk) 15:42, 18 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    How much of copyrighted poem ok to copy?

    On Talk:Descartes' theorem/GA1, the Good Article reviewer (Kusma, please correct if I am misrepresenting your position) is pushing to include more lines from a still-copyrighted poem (published in UK 1936, author died 1956, so still in copyright for a few more years) and its slightly later and also-still-copyrighted extension by another author. The poem consists of three ten-line stanzas, with one more stanza in the extension (it can be found in full in its original publication at https://www.nature.com/articles/1371021a0 and elsewhere). Currently we quote two lines, properly formatted and cited as a block quote per WP:NFCCP, an amount I'm comfortable with being within the bounds of fair use (for a poem that made the topic famous and itself is discussed in more detail in the article). The quoted lines appear in the lead, with the double intent of serving as a summary of part of the article discussing the poem and as an accessible summary of the theorem itself. However the reviewer feels that material in the lead should be expanded later and that the later discussion of the poem doesn't count as an expansion: to quote the poem in the lead we need to quote more of the poem later. I guess the MOS:LEAD question is off-topic for this board, but a better question for this board would be: is there a valid fair-use case for quoting the poem at any greater length, for instance for the purpose of expanding the lead? —David Eppstein (talk) 06:36, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    @David Eppstein Interesting, I've not seen a poem used as a summary before. Per NFCC#8 it's down to contextual significance and is the poem itself the subject of sourced commentary. The other test would be, does including any more of the poem increase the reader's comprehension of the article? On a brief reading of the poem in full and the article, my personal opinion is no (but then Wikipedia articles on maths make my eyes glaze over after a short whole, so perhaps I'm not the best judge), the couplet is succinct and gets its point across. Nthep (talk) 08:03, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    (If the question above is there a valid fair-use case for quoting the poem at any greater length, for instance for the purpose of expanding the lead is actually about WP policy regarding fair use then my comment here isn't very helpful)
    Generally, copyright law allows the reuse of small amounts of material so long as they don't interfere with the rights of the original. So the first test is: would the amount quoted deter someone from purchasing the book, because they had already read most of the poem? The second test is, whether the snippets taken serve the stated purpose of criticism and review of the poem. If the snippets are needed to explain the points being made, then that is fair use. If on the other hand, they repeat points already made, then you'd need to explain that the repetition is the point your are explaining; if the sense added is just giving the reader greater enjoyment or aesthetic appreciation, then fair use proabably doesn't apply.
    To be on the safe side, I would say that whatever explanation of the poem should appear with its use.
    If you want to be cautious, repeating the same quote might be unwise (it could be seen as "unecessary")
    I don't think that internal questions about the use of the material have any relevance to copyright law. The whole point is whether the use interferes with the rights of the author, and whether the use itself is for a reasonable purpose (that couldn't be completed without the use of the material).
    Where I think you may have a problem is that the poem doesn't seem to be central to the question. It's being used for explanation, rather than "criticism and review". That might interfere with the rights of the author, and it isn't clear that the poem is in any way necessary to explain the theorem, it's just nice to have.
    Thus, quoting it to say "this is really [simple / neat / complicated], so much so that someone wrote a famous poem, the essence of which can be seen in this quote" might be OK, but using it as a tool to take the reader through the issue, feels like you would need to argue "educational purposes" but again that feels hard to claim since the poem isn't the topic of the article. US folks may have a wider view on educational purposes though. It might work better if the article was an explanation of how to explain concepts with poetry, as a worked example, or if thr article was an explanation of how the poet / poem explained the theorem. --Jim Killock (talk) 08:23, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I do think the fair use case is good enough to quote an entire stanza of the poem, which is usually quoted at length when the theorem appears in the recreational mathematics literature. Some of the poem is in my view necessary to include simply because it introduced and popularised the terminology "bends" and "kissing". That said, I do not think I am "pushing", I am merely suggesting, and I know that my own view on lead sections (I believe they should be a summary of the body that makes sense on its own, and also that the body should make sense independent of the lead, so they are like putting the Micropædia and Macropædia together) is not fully aligned with everyone else's, so following my GA review suggestions is certainly not mandatory. —Kusma (talk) 09:05, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Quoting the original source of certain terms might well be reasonable "fair use", so long as it was only enough to understand the sourcing. If a stanza is commonly quoted, I would think that's OK to use because of the context - you are explaining / educating people regarding what is often quoted and why. If the poem had an educational purpose, ie was intended to be used to teach or explain this way, include information on that, if you can. Context is everything :) There aren't any hard and fast rules, even more so in the USA. In the main, fair use implies you don't over do it, have a clear ideally unavoidable reason for it, and ensure full attribution (for WP, this might mean to attribute each time, record your reasoning in a reference or efn perhaps, as per WP images etc? Odd to note that WP has massive governance over fair use in images but little regarding text). Jim Killock (talk) 12:08, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    My impression is that sources that quote entire stanzas (1/3 of the poem!) tend to do so with permission rather than through fair use. At least, that is, sources in reputable publications that pay attention to copyright issues. —David Eppstein (talk) 15:18, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Are songs viewed in the same way as poems in this regard? The limit for audio samples of songs is 30 seconds or 10%, whichever is the smaller. Does a figure of 10% (wherever this has come from) also apply to parts of a written poem / song? Martinevans123 (talk) 15:32, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There is, contrary to popular myth, no "magic number" for fair use. Sometimes even use of a tiny portion of a work would fail the fair use test, and sometimes use of the whole thing would pass it. 10% is a decent rule of thumb, but that doesn't mean it's always okay, and generally speaking the less used the better. Aside from fair use, this is also a free content project, so in general we also should keep our use of nonfree material to an absolute minimum and only when there is truly no alternative. That normally pops up in relation to images, but it is equally true of nonfree text. Seraphimblade Talk to me 21:05, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Rightful owners need copyright license. Evidence can be provided.

    File:Ginger Jar filled with Chrysanthemums By Van Gogh.jpg The current owners never sold it to the creative commons license holder. We have proof of ownership. This should be cross checked and decided fairly. Myfirsts (talk) 05:36, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Myfirsts, that file is on Wikimedia Commons, not Wikipedia. We do not have any control over Commons, so if you think there's a problem with an image there, you would have to resolve it there. That said, as van Gogh died in 1890, his work would, at least so far as I know, all be in the public domain at this point. But if you have a specific question about its copyright status, you could raise that at their discussion area for copyright-related issues. I would suggest being more specific than you are above; it is not very clear what you're trying to say. Seraphimblade Talk to me 05:58, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Seraphimblade for your response. Have mentioned the issue at the discussion page as well. The issue is not the copyright of the picture but as this file link has been used to showcase the current possession of the painting under the CC licensee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_works_by_Vincent_van_Gogh it clearly disputes the fair use. The rightful owners have the possession of the painting and would like to claim the CC license and current location as well.
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ginger_Jar_filled_with_Chrysanthemums_By_Van_Gogh.jpg#%7B%7Bint%3Alicense-header%7D%7D Myfirsts (talk) 06:19, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    That doesn't change that it is, due to age, in the public domain. So, to be frank, what they want does not particularly matter. Seraphimblade Talk to me 08:02, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    If the point is that the Creative Commons license and Own Work claim made at the file page are incorrect, I fully agree. Someone should correct that page, put van Gogh as the author and add the proper public domain license. Felix QW (talk) 15:16, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Felix QW That would lead to fair use. Van Gogh as the author and public domain license instead of individual copyright. Myfirsts (talk) 05:44, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This version of Ginger Jar Filled With Chrysanthemums isn't in use in List of works by Vincent van Gogh, this version - commons:File:Van Gogh - Ingwertopf mit Chrysantemen.jpeg is, where it is noted as being in the possession of Titan Investments. If that statement is incorrect and the list article needs updating, that can be addressed. Nthep (talk) 18:46, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Nthep This work is listed as No: F 198 JH 1125 Year 1885 in the List of works by Vincent van Gogh, and commons:File:Van Gogh - Ingwertopf mit Chrysantemen.jpeg and also at No F 198 (serial no 274) at el wikipedia [[3]] and all listings have it as collection of Titan Investments. This statement is factually incorrect and a source of right information can be invoked to rectify the listing in the above mentioned page. Myfirsts (talk) 06:18, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Myfirsts So, what is the right information and the source for that. All it needed at the start was an edit to say - this isn't owned by Titan Investments, it's now owned by XYZ and here's the source(s) that verifies that. Nthep (talk) 07:56, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Nthep Right information is in form of Insurance provided to the owners for the painting and can be shared as a pdf. The apprehension is to not reveal the name of the owners but to keep it as private collection. Please suggest how and where to share it.
    Myfirsts (talk) 10:22, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    This is clearly not the right forum for this discussion, but on the other hand, spreading it may not be a good idea. The only still-active source for it that we cite in the list article, the Van Gogh Gallery, lists it simply as "private collection". On the other hand, a 2021 article by TechBullion explicitly names it as an asset of Titan Investments. Felix QW (talk) 10:45, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    There's a couple of other tech/crypto sites mention Titan Investments in 2021 so I'm inclined to believe these are articles based off a press release. If we think the Van Gogh Gallery is a more reliable source then let's just change the list article and file descriptions to say it's in a private collection.
    (Correct, this wasn't really the place to go beyond the copyright issue, but no harm done in keeping it in one place and finalising it). Nthep (talk) 13:47, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Nthep I'd be happy with that, in particular because "private collection" is in fact more general and does not make any decision on this putative ownership dispute. Felix QW (talk) 17:32, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Going by how the WMF has handled the dispute from the National Portrait Gallery, we consider mechanical reproduction of 2d works that are in the public domain (that is, a simple photographic image of the art) as uncopyrightable and thus would be in the public domain. This is consistent with the US Copyright Office stance. So while they may believe they claim ownership, we are just going to ignore that, with the backing of the WMF. Masem (t) 16:21, 20 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Masem The issue is to put this image as public domain license as you rightly pointed out and to stop misuse of CC licensee by Titan Investments to claim possession of painting.
    Myfirsts (talk) 06:23, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Myfirsts, I have changed the licensing information. Reply here if there are any more issues. ⟲ Three Sixty! Talk? Work. 11:20, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Three Sixty! This is fair and correct. Please see below the other issue.
    Felix QW has provided information that Van Gogh Gallerylists it simply as "private collection". Another article article by TechBullion mentions it as an asset of Titan Investments. But this an fabricated information based on a withdrawn sale agreement and Titan Investment's trick of CC licensing of an Photographic image of Art. Titan Investment also managed (based on CC license) to mention that they are in possession of the painting and to get listed as possession holders as No: F 198 JH 1125 Year 1885 in the List of works by Vincent van Gogh, and commons:File:Van Gogh - Ingwertopf mit Chrysantemen.jpeg and also at No F 198 (serial no 274) at el wikipedia [[4]]. This is factually incorrect. Latest Storage slip of the painting at the Art Storage facility at Berlin and Insurance copy provides the names of current owners. This information can be shared through PDF (please suggest where) but then be listed as Private Collection as art is normally listed as an option, in the above mentioned pages and file.
    Myfirsts (talk) 12:11, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Three Sixty! Thanks for responding earlier. Please suggest the way ahead.
    Myfirsts (talk) 05:55, 26 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Myfirsts, I haven't been following the discussion, so I'm not sure I can help much. Do you have an issue with the collection field saying "Private Collection"? ⟲ Three Sixty! Talk? Work. 12:52, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Three Sixty! This collection is "Private". It was claimed otherwise
    based on CC license. Myfirsts (talk) 13:14, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    So there is no more problem, right? ⟲ Three Sixty! Talk? Work. 20:32, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Three Sixty! For now, yes.
    Myfirsts (talk) 08:02, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Menotomy Hunter Cyrus Dallin.jpg

    I was Googling myself, as one does, when I came across this image on Wikimedia Commons. It's credited to @AndrewTJay as "own work" but, as you can see from the metadata at the bottom of the page, I took this picture. I originally uploaded it to a project website of mine, Icons of Arlington, at a page called Menotomy Indian Hunter (Andrew seems to have cropped it). I am fine with the image remaining on Wikipedia, but I would strongly prefer that it be listed with the correct credit. How does that work -- do I just edit the page to change the credit? Rmhbernoff (talk) 03:34, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    The image is on Commons so you will need to ask there. I suggest posting at c:Commons:Village pump/Copyright. -- Whpq (talk) 03:37, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, got it. Thanks! Rmhbernoff (talk) 04:01, 21 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Use of non-free images on rock climbs

    I have done/tidied up articles on Wikipedia on famous rock climbs. It is very hard to get license-free images of the routes themselves that can be uploaded to WikiCommons. Am I allowed to upload 'non-license free' examples to en-WP under a non-free use rationale? For example, the famous route Indian Face has great non-free images showing how terrifying it is in this article. Am I allowed to upload one of these images (they are not large or high-res) under non-free use to en-WP for use in the article? thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 12:16, 22 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Aszx5000, in my opinion, this would unfortunately not be allowed. Even if no equivalent free images currently exist, the non-free image would likely be considered replaceable with a free image because it would be theoretically possible for someone to make the climb and take a picture themselves. ⟲ Three Sixty! Talk? Work. 21:09, 23 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for that. Aszx5000 (talk) 14:21, 28 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Template:Internet Archive game

    Seeking an opinion from the copyright experts on {{Internet Archive game}}. Until last night when I edited the documentation, which you can see in the history, this guideline suggested that as long as the game was listed in a curated collection by one of archive.org archivist, it was fine to link. Internet Archive has a DMCA exemption to host copyrighted software, at least, according to our article on the site. However, that is simply an exemption from the DMCA. It is still hosting copyrighted material without permission. The exemption protects Archive.org, not Wikipedia. As such, I believe the use of this template would fail WP:COPYLINK in almost all cases for video games, as nearly all would fall under copyright. Of course, in cases where a game is freely licensed and such, its fine. But the curated collections previously linked included full games from Sega, Capcom, Bandai and others, who very much definitely have not given copyright permission for Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter or Pac-Man, etc.... -- ferret (talk) 13:48, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Some video games are not in copyright, for example, Spacewar! and The Oregon Trail are released into public domain, it can be linked. 103.154.139.130 (talk) 14:41, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Which I already called out above. The question isn't about public domain content, clearly. -- ferret (talk) 14:43, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Other Internet Archive-related external link templates related to media, such as {{Internet Archive film}}, {{Internet Archive music}} does not have a linking guidance as well? 103.154.139.130 (talk) 14:46, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Evidence that an image is accepted as Public domain

    Hi there, I recently uploaded c:File:Drawing of the Shrine of Little St Hugh, Lincoln Cathedral, William Dugdale, 1641.png. The image is discussed at this FAC Image Review, where I was asked when it was first published: the answer being 1986. This means it may be in copyright as a relatively newly published work. Information is unclear. However, I contacted the British Library as the repository and owner of the original domcument and they have confirmed by email that they regard the original as public domain, thus scans or photographs would count as copyright free; they have no objection to the image being published here. I understand that WP may have a process to record this, such as keeping email records etc - can someone point me to what I should do to ensure WMF has a copy of this confirmation? Jim Killock (talk) 21:27, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I've reposted this to Commons Village pump as they might be better placed to answer this. Jim Killock (talk) 21:39, 27 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]