[Wikipedia-l] Copyrighted images

lcrocker at nupedia.com lcrocker at nupedia.com
Tue Sep 10 16:16:57 UTC 2002


> If I take a photograph with my own camera, of a copyrighted image
> on the cover of a videotape -- then am do I own the copyright of
> my photograph? May I include my photograph on a website?

You own the copyright to your photo, but there still might be
copyright and trademark issue depending on how you choose to
use it.  Using it to illustrate an article here is certainly
fair use, and not a problem.

Isis knows what she's doing, and we've been over this many
times on various talk pages.  It's good to pay attention to
copyright issues, but let's not fall into paranoia about it.







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