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| == Fair use images on user pages == | |||
| Hello again. I see from your previous comments that you visited my user page, thanks for stopping by! | |||
| I didn't write my previous note just to be a rule wonk or something, there are serious reasons behind the rule disallowing ]. The flag is not a work of the US Federal government as you asserted when you uploaded it; nobody came down from Washington DC and told the people of Fairfield, Ohio, "Here's the flag we picked for you". It was designed for and the copyright is held by that city. It's allowed to be used in articles directly relating to it under the "fair use" doctrine of the copyright law, but use on user pages doesn't fall under that doctrine. | |||
| This is no joke, we could be sued for copyright infringement. That isn't as farfetched as it might sound, The Walt Disney company sued a daycare center just for having Disney characters painted on their walls, see ] for the details. | |||
| I first came across the images when I was tracking vandalism from {{User|151.198.99.16}}, the Fairfield, Ohio citybox was on the anon's talk page. I fixed the license on the flag and then went to delete it and the city's seal from inappropriate places. | |||
| I apologize for not talking to you about it first instead of just deleting the images from your talk page. | |||
| I hope this more fully explains my actions, and that you'll remove the image from your userpage. Thanks! —] <small>(]|])</small> 02:22, 3 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
| :Oh yes, I assume you added the above website when you weren't logged in, but I would advise you steer clear of it. According to McAfee that website includes a browser exploit. Cheers! —] <small>(]|])</small> 02:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC) | |||
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www.jessica-lynch.com
Fair use images on user pages
Hello again. I see from your previous comments that you visited my user page, thanks for stopping by!
I didn't write my previous note just to be a rule wonk or something, there are serious reasons behind the rule disallowing fair use images on user pages. The flag is not a work of the US Federal government as you asserted when you uploaded it; nobody came down from Washington DC and told the people of Fairfield, Ohio, "Here's the flag we picked for you". It was designed for and the copyright is held by that city. It's allowed to be used in articles directly relating to it under the "fair use" doctrine of the copyright law, but use on user pages doesn't fall under that doctrine.
This is no joke, we could be sued for copyright infringement. That isn't as farfetched as it might sound, The Walt Disney company sued a daycare center just for having Disney characters painted on their walls, see The Walt Disney Company#Criticism for the details.
I first came across the images when I was tracking vandalism from 151.198.99.16 (talk · contribs), the Fairfield, Ohio citybox was on the anon's talk page. I fixed the license on the flag and then went to delete it and the city's seal from inappropriate places. I apologize for not talking to you about it first instead of just deleting the images from your talk page.
I hope this more fully explains my actions, and that you'll remove the image from your userpage. Thanks! —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 02:22, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
- Oh yes, I assume you added the above website when you weren't logged in, but I would advise you steer clear of it. According to McAfee that website includes a browser exploit. Cheers! —Elipongo (Talk|contribs) 02:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)