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40: 89: 314:. An entire work is not used if a portion will suffice. Low-resolution, rather than high-resolution/fidelity/bit rate is used (especially where the original could be used for deliberate copyright infringement). This rule also applies to the copy in the File: namespace. 393:
Identification of the source of the original copyrighted material, supplemented, where possible, with information about the artist, publisher and copyright holder, and year of copyright; this is to help determine the material's potential market value.
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A file with a valid non-free-use rationale for some (but not all) articles it is used in will not be deleted. Instead, the file should be removed from the articles for which it lacks a non-free-use rationale, or a suitable rationale
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The name of each article (a link to each article is also recommended) in which fair use is claimed for the item, and a separate, specific non-free use rationale for each use of the item, as explained at
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Note that it is the duty of users seeking to include or retain content to provide a valid rationale; those seeking to remove or delete it are not required to show that one cannot be created—see
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Non-free content is used only if its presence would significantly increase readers' understanding of the article topic, and its omission would be detrimental to that understanding.
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There is no automatic entitlement to use non-free content in an article or elsewhere on Knowledge (XXG). Articles and other Knowledge (XXG) pages may, in accordance with
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Non-free content must be a work which has been published or publicly displayed outside Knowledge (XXG) by (or with permission from) the copyright holder, or a
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A redirect pointing to the page where the non-free content is intended to be used is acceptable as the article name in the non-free use rationale.
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served as the exemption doctrine policy and is referenced by the Resolution. Since then, the content has been moved around, specifically
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Non-free content is used only where no free equivalent is available, or could be created, that would serve the same encyclopedic purpose.
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A file on which non-free use is claimed that is not used in any article (NFCC 7) may be deleted after being tagged for seven days under
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Non-free content is not used in a manner that is likely to replace the original market role of the original copyrighted material.
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To minimize legal exposure by limiting the amount of non-free content, using more narrowly defined criteria than apply under the
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To facilitate the judicious use of non-free content to support the development of a high-quality encyclopedia
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Multiple items of non-free content are not used if one item can convey equivalent significant information.
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Non-free media which fail NFCC 1 (no free equivalent) may be deleted after being tagged as such for
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A copyright tag that indicates which Knowledge (XXG) policy provision is claimed to permit the use.
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is the central venue to discuss whether a particular image meets the non-free content criteria,
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Media from a commercial source which are not the subject of sourced commentary may be deleted
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Non-free content meets Knowledge (XXG)'s media-specific policy. For example, images must meet
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For the full non-free content use guideline (including this policy and its criteria), see
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Other media with invalid fair-use claims may be deleted after being tagged as such for
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Non-free content meets general Knowledge (XXG) content standards and is encyclopedic.
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Respect the rules of non-free content and only use non-free content as a last resort.
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for unlimited distribution, modification and application by all users in all media
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A file in use in an article that does not meet F5 or F6 may be deleted under
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At the time of the Resolution's issuance on March 23, 2007, the page
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Wikimedia Foundation Licensing policy resolution of March 23, 2007
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To support Knowledge (XXG)'s mission to produce perpetually
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The image or media description page contains the following:
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even if it unquestionably meets the criteria for use in
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regardless of whether the file should be deleted or not
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may be deleted after being tagged for seven days under
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Knowledge (XXG):Image copyright tags/Non-free content
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Knowledge (XXG):Non-free content
EDP Sciences
Knowledge (XXG) policy with legal considerations
Shortcuts
WP:FUC
WP:NFCC
Legal policies
Child protection
Copyright violations
Copyrights
Libel
No legal threats
Non-free content criteria
Paid-contribution disclosure
Reusing Knowledge (XXG) content
Terms of use
Privacy policy
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Wikimedia Foundation Licensing policy resolution of March 23, 2007
free content
fair use
United States copyright law
Shortcut
WP:NFCCP
the guideline
citation guideline
Quote
derivative of such a work

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