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| text  = <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">This page is intended for those who wish to reuse material (text and/or graphics) from '''Wikimedia Commons''' — on their own website, in print, or otherwise.</span>
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{{nutshell|All images on Commons should be reusable '''but'''&hellip;|&hellip;each may have different requirements for crediting a photographer, linking a license, etc.}}
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The Wikimedia Foundation ''owns almost none of the content on Wikimedia sites'' — the content is owned, instead, by the ''individual creators'' of it. However, almost all content hosted on Wikimedia Commons may be [http://freedomdefined.org/ freely reused] '''subject to certain restrictions''' (in many cases). '''''You do not need to obtain a specific statement of permission from the licensor(s) of the content unless you wish to use the work under different terms than the license states.'''''
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Content under [[w:Open content|open content]] licenses may be reused without any need to contact the licensor(s), but just keep in mind that:</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''some licenses require that the original creator be attributed''';</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''some licenses require that the specific license be identified''' when reusing (including, in some cases, stating or linking to the terms of the license); and</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''some licenses require that if you modify the work, your modifications must also be similarly freely licensed'''.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Content in the {{Wp-Public domain|public domain}} may not have a strict legal requirement of attribution (depending on the jurisdiction of content reuse), but attribution is recommended to give correct provenance.</span>

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While the copyright and licensing information supplied for each image is believed to be accurate, '''the Wikimedia Foundation does not provide any warranty regarding the copyright status or correctness of licensing terms'''. If you decide to reuse files from Commons, you should verify the copyright status of each image just as you would when obtaining images from other sources.
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'''{{pg|Commons:Non-copyright restrictions|Other restrictions}} may apply.''' These may include {{Wp-Trademark|trademarks}}, {{Wp-Patent|patents}}, {{pg|Commons:Personality rights|personality rights}}, {{Wp-Moral rights}}, [[w:privacy rights|privacy rights]], or any of the many other legal causes which are independent of copyright and vary greatly by jurisdiction.
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== How to comply with a file's license requirements ==
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Clicking on an image or media file on Wikimedia Commons<ref name=fairuse /> will take you to the information page for that file. This will list information supplied by the uploader, including the copyright status, the copyright owner, and the license conditions.
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Except for materials believed to be in the public domain, a link to the full text of the license(s) is included on the file description page. Some licenses also have a summary available. Please read the full licenses for legal details. ''Neither the Wikimedia Foundation nor the creators of material on Wikimedia sites provide legal advice.'' If you need information about how a license applies to your particular situation, you should contact a suitable legal professional in your jurisdiction.
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'''To reuse a Wikimedia Commons file:'''
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[File:1 green.svg|16px|alt=1]] '''Confirm that the file is available under license terms that suit you.''' For example, if the license requires {{pg|Commons:Derivative works#WHAT|derivative works}} to carry the same license (Creative Commons licenses call this "ShareAlike"), that may not suit you.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If the file is available under multiple licenses, you can use any of them. If none of the licenses suits you, you can try to contact the creator and negotiate a special arrangement. Otherwise, you'll have to use a different file.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Verify licensing and facts. While the copyright and licensing information supplied for each image is believed to be accurate, the Wikimedia Foundation ''does not provide any warranty regarding the copyright status'' or correctness of licensing terms. If you decide to reuse files from Commons, you should verify the copyright status of each image just as you would when obtaining images from other sources.</span>
**<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Note: it is common for publishers to take public domain works and republish them under their own copyright. This may be legal, but it does not affect the public domain status of the original work. If you tag the work with its origin (where you got it and where it came from originally) and the name of the creator, this can help us if a dispute with such a publisher arises later.</span>
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[File:2 green.svg|16px|alt=2]] '''Consider non-copyright restrictions''': in some countries non-copyright restrictions ([[w:Inalienable rights|inalienable]] {{Wp-Moral rights}} and other restrictions) may apply to the file for some uses. For example, commercial use of images of people may require the explicit agreement of the subject, and not just the agreement of the image creator (see {{pg|Commons:Photographs of identifiable people#Country-specific consent requirements}} and {{pg|Commons:Personality rights|Commons on personality rights}}).</span>
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[File:3 green.svg|16px|alt=3]] '''Use it''': Download or hotlink the file, and use it. (See {{pg|Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia/technical}}.)</span>
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[File:4 green.svg|16px|alt=4]] '''Attribution''': If attribution is required, provide attribution.</span>
*<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If the copyright holder (usually the content creator<ref name=owner />) has specified how, be sure to follow this. If the copyright holder has not specified how to attribute, but the license requires attribution, see {{pg|Commons:Credit line}} for a guide on how to do it.</span>
*<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Note: The person who uploaded the work to Wikimedia Commons may be the original content creator '''or they may not''' (they may have uploaded free content from elsewhere). In either case, the original content creator is typically listed in the file summary section as author. If the uploader is not the content creator, it is the content creator who must be credited, not the uploader.</span>
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[File:5 green.svg|16px|alt=5]] '''Specify license details''': If the license requires you to link to or provide a copy of the license, do this.</span>
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">[[File:6 green.svg|16px|alt=6]] '''Licensing derivatives''': If you are creating a substantially new work using the file ("{{pg|Commons:Derivative works#WHAT|derivative work}}") and the file's license requires you to license derivatives in a certain way, be sure you comply with this.</span>
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=== Requirements of frequently-used licenses ===
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Except for materials believed to be in the public domain, a link to the full text of the license(s) is included on the file description page. Some licenses also have a summary available. Please read the full licenses for legal details. ''Neither the Wikimedia Foundation nor the creators of material on Wikimedia sites provide legal advice.'' If you need information about how a license applies to your particular situation, you should contact a suitable legal professional in your jurisdiction.
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:<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The text on Wikimedia Commons is owned by the original writer and licensed under the {{pg|Commons:Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License|Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license}} and the {{pg|Commons:GNU Free Documentation License|GNU Free Documentation License}}.<ref>As individuals retain the copyright to their own work, they may offer their contributions under other licenses or release them into the public domain. This is rarely the case for text on Commons.</ref></span>
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:<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Almost all images and other media on Wikimedia Commons are under some kind of free license (usually CC BY, CC BY-SA, or GFDL; see {{pg|Commons:Licensing}}) or in the public domain. Each media file has its licensing specified on its file description page.</span>

[[File:Pictogram voting info.svg|15px|link=]] <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">{{pg|Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia/licenses}} provides some guidance on the requirements of the frequently-used licenses such as CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL and GPL/LGPL.</span>

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== How to use a file ==
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Once you've determined how to comply with a file's licensing requirements, you can access the file for use, by either downloading the file, or by linking to it directly.
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=== Downloading ===
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<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Basic method:''' On each image's file description page, there is a link to the <code>full resolution</code> version.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Right-click this link and choose "Save as..." to download the full resolution file.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">(If you use a [[w:Macintosh|Macintosh]] computer, hold down the "control" key while clicking the link with the mouse, then choose "Save as....")</span>
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'''Hotlinking or InstantCommons:'''
</div> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">It is possible to use files directly on Commons within another website, by setting up a MediaWiki wiki with [[:mw:Special:MyLanguage/InstantCommons|InstantCommons]], so that Commons files can be used as easily as they can on Wikipedia.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Directly using a Commons file via embedding its URL ("hotlinking") is also possible, but is not recommended.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">See {{pg|Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia/technical}}.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Additionally you should always check if the needs of the license used by the file are fulfilled if you use a file from Commons, since e.g. the CC BY-SA 3.0 license requires that you attribute the author and licensor of a work in "reasonable to the medium or means" <span class="plainlinks"><small>([https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode ''license''])</small></span>.</span>
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=== Reuse assistance tools ===
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A tool is available to help you reuse files outside Wikimedia Commons, including downloading and creating attribution statements (credit lines).
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">a browser other than Internet Explorer (eg Firefox, Chrome, Opera)</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">JavaScript enabled</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If you're logged in, Vector or Monobook skin enabled in your [[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-rendering|Wikimedia Commons user preferences]].</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">(Vector is the standard skin – if you've not changed this, your skin is Vector.)</span> 

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The tool creates buttons above an image (if you're logged in), or to the top right (if not). For details see {{pg|Help:Gadget-Stockphoto}}.
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'''<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Attribution Generator</span>'''

<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The [https://www.lizenzhinweisgenerator.de/?lang={{PAGELANGUAGE}} Attribution Generator]  makes it easy to reuse images that have been released under Creative Commons licenses on Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">It is designed to help comply with these license conditions and simplify the re-use of freely licensed images.</span>
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== Contacting the uploader or content creator ==
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If you wish to use content under terms other than the license stated, or to absolutely verify copyright status if you feel you need to, the person who put it onto a Wikimedia server may be able to assist. The uploader is named on the "file history" portion of the file description page.
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In some cases, you may be able to contact the uploader to find out more about an image's copyright status or for information on the original creator. The original creator of the image ''may'' be willing to grant additional permissions and may have access to higher resolution images than those present on the Wikimedia servers.
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The Wikimedia Foundation generally ''cannot'' assist in locating users who have contributed material. You can try to contact contributors yourself in a number of ways:
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# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Some have contact information, such as a name and address or phone number, on their user page.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">If you're logged in: Some can be contacted by email by clicking the "{{int:tool-link-emailuser}}" link in the toolbox on their user page.</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">You can leave a message on their talk page by clicking on the "{{int:talk}}" tab at the top of the user page, and then clicking the "{{int:vector-action-addsection}}" tab that appears next to the "{{int:vector-view-edit}}" tab once the discussion page is visible.  Enter your message and click "{{int:publishchanges}}" (Your message will be visible to the public.)</span>
# <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">When  free content is brought to Commons from elsewhere, a link to the source (e.g. a Flickr page) is often included in the file description on Commons. That source may have additional information for contacting the content creator.</span>

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== Notes ==
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<ref name=fairuse><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Be sure that the content you wish to use is actually hosted on Commons, and not locally on another Wikimedia project (check that the URL says <code>commons.wikimedia.org</code>, and not something else such as <code>en.wikipedia.org</code>). Other projects have other licensing policies, and some permit "{{Wp-Fair use}}" of non-free content. Before reusing such non-free content yourself, you should check that your planned use of the material is consistent with the ''fair use, fair dealing'' or equivalent provisions of locally applicable copyright law or you obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. This is no different from grabbing an image from anywhere else on the web.</span></ref>
<ref name=owner><span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Absent some explicit transfer of ownership, the original creator is typically the owner of a copyrighted work.</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">In situations where a free license requires attribution, the original content creator should receive credit.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Text''': the writer of a piece of text will be the person who made the edit putting it in the page; see the "history" tab of the relevant page.</span>
* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">'''Images and media''':</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">the uploader of an image or piece of media is the person who placed it on a Wikimedia server.</span>
** <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The uploader may be the original content creator '''or they may not''' (they may have uploaded free content here from elsewhere).</span> <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">In either case, the original content creator is typically listed in the file summary section as author.</span></ref>
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== See also ==
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* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">{{pg|Commons:Reuse of PD-Art photographs}} (essay)</span>
* {{pg|Commons:Copyright tags}}
* {{pg|Commons:Enforcing license terms}}
* {{pg|Commons:Reusing content outside Wikimedia/technical}}
* {{pg|Commons:General disclaimer}}

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== Help ==
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