User talk:Steiner88
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Sz-iwbot (talk) 08:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
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This message was added automatically by Sz-iwbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master (Sz-iwbot (talk)) or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Sz-iwbot (talk) 08:02, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
There seems to be a problem regarding the description and/or licensing of this particular file. It has been found that you've added in the image's description only a Template that's not a license and although it provides useful informations about the image, it's not a valid license. Could you please resolve this problem, adding the license in the image linked above? You can edit the description page and change the text. Uploading a new version of the file does not change the description of the file. This page may give you more hints on which license to choose. Thank you.
This message was added automatically by Sz-iwbot, if you need some help about it, ask its master (Sz-iwbot (talk)) or go to the Commons:Help desk. --Sz-iwbot (talk) 08:03, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
Silver Pandas
[edit]Thank you for uploading your pictures of the PRC Silver Pandas, unfortunatly as the disclaimer on Category:Coins of China makes clear PRC coins are by law protected from commercial use. Although I believe the law makes some lee way for educational purposes such fair use provisions are not consistent with Commons. The Commons ethos is that all images and files here must be free to use and modify for any purpose including commercial. For example a Commons licensing would it would allow someone could for example modify one of the coin images to give the Pandas a mohican modify the lettering to read Panda Republic of China and to print the resulting image on coasters and T-shirts. Of course they could do this anyway but if their source image was from Commons they could argue that Commons gave them explicit permission for their silliness and the legal reprecussions would fall upon us.
For the purposes I believe you uploaded these images for ie to illustrate wiki articles en wiki allows fair use uploads. Some wikis e.g es wiki do not allow fair use, in which case one idea is to group relevant images at en wiki or elsewhere in its own category and use interwikis to link to the sister wiki. Although such images could not be displayed and would have to be in use at the host wiki this would be better then nothing. Thanks again and hoping for your understanding.KTo288 (talk) 10:15, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
| You've uploaded a derivative work | We're sorry, but File:Coin ca 1998 maple rcmp r.jpg has been marked as a copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content, that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Photographs of copyrighted works are also subject to the same copyright, and therefore this photo must unfortunately be considered non-free. For more information, please read Commons:Derivative works and Commons:Freedom of panorama.
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