The text of
Wikipedia is copyrighted (automatically, under the Berne Convention)
by Wikipedia editors and contributors and is formally licensed to the public under one or several liberal licenses. … The licenses Wikipedia uses grant free access to our content in the same sense that free software is licensed freely.
Can I use Wikipedia content commercially?
Commercial use of Wikimedia projects refers to any business or product selling content from Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects which it freely took. Wikimedia projects use
free and open copyright licenses
which means that anyone may share the information for any purpose.
Can I use Wikipedia content in my book?
If you want to use Wikipedia’s text materials in your own books/articles/web sites or other publications, you can generally do so, but
you must comply with one of the licenses that Wikipedia’s text is licensed under
. Many of the media files on Wikipedia are also reusable.
Can I use pictures from Wikipedia in my book?
You
can use (free) images
from Wikipedia on your own site, or anywhere you like. You can use images that are freely-licensed images, provided you comply with the individual image’s license terms. While all article text is licensed under the GFDL, free images have several free content licenses to choose from.
Is copying and pasting from Wikipedia illegal?
Generally no
, unless the source is already under a license compatible with Wikipedia (such as CC BY-SA), or you donate the source under a free license. A free license makes the source available for anyone – not just Wikipedia, but anyone using Wikipedia – to use, edit, and copy it for any purpose, even commercial ones.
Why is copyrighted content not allowed on Wikipedia?
Because the database servers are located in the United States, Wikipedia is subject to US copyright law in this matter and
may not host material
which infringes US copyright law.
Can you plagiarize from Wikipedia?
It’s wrong to use someone else’s words and claim them as your own; that’s called plagiarism, and in most universities, it’s a violation of your academic honor code.
Wikipedia forbids plagiarism, too
.
Why does Wikipedia use the worst pictures?
Few high-quality photographs, particularly of celebrities, make it onto on Wikipedia because
Wikipedia runs only pictures with the most permissive Creative Commons license
, which allows anyone to use an image, for commercial purposes or not, as long as the photographer is credited.
Are Wikipedia images fair use?
You
can use (free) images from Wikipedia on your own site
, or anywhere you like. You can use images that are freely-licensed images, provided you comply with the individual image’s license terms. While all article text is licensed under the GFDL, free images have several free content licenses to choose from.
Do Wikipedia images have copyright?
Wikipedia encourages users to upload their own images
. All user-created images must be licensed under a free license, such as a Creative Commons license, or released into the public domain, which removes all copyright and licensing restrictions.
Is it legal to copy website content?
At first glance, it may seem as if it’s perfectly legal to copy content from a website. But is it? The short answer to this question is
“no,” unless you’ve obtained the author’s permission
. In fact, virtually all digital content enjoys the same copyright protections as non-digital, “offline” content.
Who owns the content of Wikipedia?
| The logo of Wikipedia, a globe featuring glyphs from various writing systems | show Screenshot | Owner Wikimedia Foundation | Created by Jimmy Wales Larry Sanger | URL wikipedia.org |
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Who is Wikipedia owned by?
Wikipedia is a non-commercial website run by
the Wikimedia Foundation
, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in San Francisco.
How do you tell if an image is copyrighted?
One good way to see if a photo is copyrighted is by
reverse searching for the image
. Right click on the image and select “copy image address”. Then paste this into Google Images or a site dedicated to reverse image search, like TinEye. This will show you where the image is used, and where it has come from.
Can you cite something that is copyrighted?
Copyright laws are used to protect the intellectual property created by a person’s mental or creative effort.
You may only use copyrighted material as the law allows and must clearly cite the source
; otherwise, you could be subject to a fine.
Can ideas be copyrighted?
How do I protect my idea?
Copyright does not protect ideas, concepts, systems
, or methods of doing something. You may express your ideas in writing or drawings and claim copyright in your description, but be aware that copyright will not protect the idea itself as revealed in your written or artistic work.
