User talk:RockingGeo
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Lack of evidence of copyright status of some uploaded images[edit]
I have been checking the copyright status of some images that you recently uploaded to Wikimedia Commons. Please could you give details (including links to licence details on verifiable web pages) of why you think the following images have the copyright licences that you included in their description pages?
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| Geology of Canada.jpg | CC-0 | According to https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/terms-conditions/10847 "Unless otherwise specified, you may not reproduce materials on this site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution without prior written permission from Natural Resources Canada." I think this implies that the license cannot be CC-0 because the copyright owner retains some commercial control. |
| Tectonics of Canada.jpg | CC-0 | According to https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/terms-conditions/10847 "Unless otherwise specified, you may not reproduce materials on this site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution without prior written permission from Natural Resources Canada." I think this implies that the license cannot be CC-0 because the copyright owner retains some commercial control. |
| Major Volcanoes of Canada.jpg | CC-BY-2.5 | According to https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/terms-conditions/10847 "Unless otherwise specified, you may not reproduce materials on this site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution without prior written permission from Natural Resources Canada." I think this implies that the license cannot be CC-BY-2.5 because the copyright owner retains some commercial control. |
| Geological Map of Canada Legend.pdf | CC-BY-2.5 | According to https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/terms-conditions/10847 "Unless otherwise specified, you may not reproduce materials on this site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution without prior written permission from Natural Resources Canada." I think this implies that the license cannot be CC-BY-2.5 because the copyright owner retains some commercial control. |
| Geological Map of Canada.pdf | CC-BY-2.5 | According to https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/terms-conditions/10847 "Unless otherwise specified, you may not reproduce materials on this site, in whole or in part, for the purposes of commercial redistribution without prior written permission from Natural Resources Canada." I think this implies that the license cannot be CC-BY-2.5 because the copyright owner retains some commercial control. |
| Geologic Map of Africa.pdf | CC-0 | Map is "Copyright CGMW - BRGM" |
GeoWriter (talk) 21:12, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
- Good catch. I'm a little fuzzy on copyright issues. I just assumed that all government works are in the public domain. That's too bad. Maybe we could get written permission? RockingGeo (talk) 21:31, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
I recommend that you read the Wikimedia Commons copyright policy. I think suitable copyright permission for these particular images is very unlikely to be obtained from the copyright owners because the governments of Canada and France would have to change their entire copyright policies. You could ask them but meanwhile the presence of these images on Wikimedia Commons is a copyright violation. If Canada and France ever do change their policies to be compatible with Wikimedia Commons, the images could then become eligible for upload and use. — GeoWriter (talk) 17:21, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
- Besides from the US, what other countries provide their content in the public domain? RockingGeo (talk) 18:45, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
- I've found out that the Canadian images are actually licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada 2.0. [1] This is completely acceptable for Wikipedia. I'll reupload them. RockingGeo (talk) 14:58, 7 March 2019 (UTC)
Where have you found that the images (that you uploaded, were deleted and you intend to re-upload) are licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada 2.0? This seems to contradict/be incompatible with Natural Resources Canada's "non-commercial" restriction that I listed in the above table. GeoWriter (talk) 20:26, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
On https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca/starweb/geoscan/servlet.starweb?path=geoscan/downloade.web&search1=R=208175, you'll see that it says, "Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada supersedes any previous licences." It says this for all GEOSCAN publications. I've just been too busy to reupload the images. RockingGeo (talk) 20:36, 24 May 2019 (UTC)
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File:Geologic Map of Africa.pdf has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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GeoWriter (talk) 17:24, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
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File:Geology of Canada.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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GeoWriter (talk) 17:45, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
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File:Tectonics of Canada.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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GeoWriter (talk) 17:53, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
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File:Major Volcanoes of Canada.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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GeoWriter (talk) 18:00, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
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File:Geological Map of Canada Legend.pdf has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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GeoWriter (talk) 18:06, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
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File:Geological Map of Canada.pdf has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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GeoWriter (talk) 18:21, 2 March 2019 (UTC)
Copyright status: File:Stylolites in Jurassic limestone.jpg[edit]
Copyright status: File:Stylolites in Jurassic limestone.jpg
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Thanks for uploading File:Stylolites in Jurassic limestone.jpg. I notice that the file page either doesn't contain enough information about the license or it contains contradictory information about the license, so the copyright status is unclear.
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Yours sincerely, JuTa 08:37, 3 March 2019 (UTC)
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File:World laws on killing animals for fur.png[edit]
Hi, I didn't check it all but for belgium it is legal to use animal for fur in Flemish Region (before 2023). Thanks anyway for the work you did. Cheers Raph81212 (talk) 16:09, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
