Instructions
If you find a page or image on EBWiki which you believe to be a copyright infringement, follow the instructions below.
In all other cases, and always with images, follow these instructions instead:
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Image?
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- Revert the page to a non-copyrighted version if you can — and you're done!
- The infringing text will remain in the for archival reasons unless the copyright holder asks the Expresso Beans Organization to remove it.
- If all revisions have copyright problems:
- Blank the page and replace the text with
- {{copyvio|url=insert URL here}} ~~~~ .
- Go to today's section and add
- * {{subst:article-cv | PageName}} from [insert URL here] ~~~~
- to the bottom of the list. Put the page's name in place of "PageName". If there is not a URL, use a description of the source.
- Include the page's name in your edit summary, and press save.
- You're done!
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- Add the following to the image description page:
- {{imagevio|url=insert URL here}} ~~~~
- Go to today's section and add:
- * {{subst:article-cv |:Image:ImageName}} from [insert URL here] ~~~~
- to the bottom of the list.
- Include the image's name in your edit summary, and press save.
- You're done!
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Page titles should stay listed for a minimum of 7 days before a decision is made.
Alternatives
In addition to nominating potential copyright infringements for deletion, you could:
Instructions for special cases
- Category:Unfree images: These may be listed, if they indeed are not available under a free license or a reasonable fair use rationale. Note that some of these may not actually be unfree images, but rather images which are released under multiple licenses.
- These images are available for use on the Wikipedia web site, but are not released under the GFDL. According to Jimbo Wales, we cannot use images that are not GFDL and are not usable under a fair use rationale [1]. Images from these categories may be listed here, but be sure that the image is not also available under a free license, and that a fair use claim cannot be made.
- From the mailing list:
- As of today, all *new* images which are *non commercial only* and *with permission only* should be deleted on sight. Older images should go through a process of VfD to eliminate them in an orderly fashion, taking due account of "fair use". (Jimbo) :Full Email, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
- See also this followup: [2]
Clearing copyvios
After being listed here for seven days, possible copyright infringements should be checked and processed by administrators. See for some help.
