Wikipedia:Non-free content criteria: Difference between revisions

<includeonly>: ''</includeonly>As per the [[wmf:Resolution:Licensing policy|Wikimedia Foundation Licensing policy resolution of March 23, 2007]], this document serves as the '''Exemption Doctrine Policy''' for the English Wikipedia.<includeonly>''</includeonly><ref>At the time of the Resolution's issuance on March 23, 2007, the page [[WP:Non-free content]] served as the exemption doctrine policy and is referenced by the Resolution. Since then, the content has been moved around, specifically [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Non-free_content/Archive_18#This_page_needs_to_be_renamed. discussed the following May], and now [[WP:Non-free content criteria]] serves as the exemption doctrine policy, while [[WP:Non-free content]] serves as guidance for this.</ref>

 

* To support Wikipedia's mission to produce perpetually [[free content]] for unlimited distribution, modification and application by all users in all media.

* To minimize legal exposure by limiting the amount of non-free content, using more narrowly defined criteria than apply under the [[fair use]] provisions in [[United States copyright law]].

* To facilitate the judicious use of non-free content to support the development of a high-quality encyclopedia.

 

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There is no automatic entitlement to use non-free content in an article or elsewhere on Wikipedia. Articles and other Wikipedia pages may, in accordance with [[Wikipedia:Non-free_content#Text|the guideline]], use brief verbatim textual excerpts from copyrighted media, properly attributed or cited to its original source or author (as described by the [[WP:CITE|citation guideline]]), and specifically indicated as direct quotations via quotation marks, {{tag|blockquote|o}}, {{tlx|Quote}}, or a similar method. Other non-free content—including all copyrighted images, audio and video clips, and other media files that lack a free content license—may be used on the English Wikipedia only where all 10 of the following criteria are met.

# {{/span|10}}'''Image description page.''' The image or media description page contains the following:<ol type="a" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha"><li>{{/span|10a}}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. ''See: {{section link|Wikipedia:Citing sources|Multimedia}}''.</li><li>{{/span|10b}}A copyright tag that indicates which Wikipedia policy provision is claimed to permit the use. ''For a list of image copyright tags, see [[Wikipedia:Image copyright tags/Non-free content]]''.</li><li>{{/span|10c}}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 [[Wikipedia:Non-free use rationale guideline]].<ref>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.</ref> The rationale is presented in clear, plain language and is relevant to each use.</li></ol>

 

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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 added.

Deletion criteria for non-free content are specified in {{section link|Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|Files}}.

 

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