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{{short description|Bharatpedia's policy on copyrights}}
{{short description|Bharatpedia's policy on copyrights}}
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{{Bharatpedia copyright}}
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{{Legal policy list}}
{{Legal policy list}}


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'''Important note:''' The Wikimedia Foundation does not own copyright on Bharatpedia article texts or illustrations. '''It is therefore pointless to email our contact addresses asking for permission to reproduce articles or images''', even if rules at your company, school, or organization mandate that you ask web site operators before copying their content.
'''Important note:''' The Bharatmedia Foundation does not own copyright on Bharatpedia article texts or illustrations. '''It is therefore pointless to email our contact addresses asking for permission to reproduce articles or images''', even if rules at your company, school, or organization mandate that you ask web site operators before copying their content.


The only Bharatpedia content you should contact the Wikimedia Foundation about are the trademarked Bharatpedia/Wikimedia logos, which are not freely usable without permission.
The only Bharatpedia content you should contact the Bharatmedia Foundation about are the trademarked Bharatpedia/Bharatmedia logos, which are not freely usable without permission.


Permission to reproduce and modify text on Bharatpedia has already been granted to anyone anywhere by the authors of individual articles as long as such reproduction and modification complies with licensing terms (see below and [[Bharatpedia:Mirrors and forks]] for specific terms). Images may or may not permit reuse and modification; the conditions for reproduction of each image should be individually checked. The only exceptions are those cases in which editors have violated Bharatpedia policy by uploading copyrighted material without authorization, or with copyright licensing terms which are incompatible with those Bharatpedia authors have applied to the rest of Bharatpedia content. While such material is present on Bharatpedia (before it is detected and removed), it will be a copyright violation to copy it. For permission to use it, one must contact the owner of the copyright of the text or illustration in question; often, but not always, this will be the original author.
Permission to reproduce and modify text on Bharatpedia has already been granted to anyone anywhere by the authors of individual articles as long as such reproduction and modification complies with licensing terms (see below and [[Bharatpedia:Mirrors and forks]] for specific terms). Images may or may not permit reuse and modification; the conditions for reproduction of each image should be individually checked. The only exceptions are those cases in which editors have violated Bharatpedia policy by uploading copyrighted material without authorization, or with copyright licensing terms which are incompatible with those Bharatpedia authors have applied to the rest of Bharatpedia content. While such material is present on Bharatpedia (before it is detected and removed), it will be a copyright violation to copy it. For permission to use it, one must contact the owner of the copyright of the text or illustration in question; often, but not always, this will be the original author.
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== Contributors' rights and obligations ==
== Contributors' rights and obligations ==
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If you contribute text directly to Bharatpedia, you thereby license it to the public for reuse under CC BY-SA and GFDL (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). Non-text media may be contributed under a variety of different licenses that support the general goal of allowing unrestricted re-use and re-distribution. See [[#Guidelines for images and other media files|Guidelines for images and other media files]], below.
If you contribute text directly to Bharatpedia, you thereby license it to the public for reuse under CC BY-SA and GFDL (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts). Non-text media may be contributed under a variety of different licenses that support the general goal of allowing unrestricted re-use and re-distribution. See [[#Guidelines for images and other media files|Guidelines for images and other media files]], below.


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=== Using copyrighted work from others ===
=== Using copyrighted work from others ===
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All creative works are copyrighted, by international agreement, unless either they fall into the [[Bharatpedia:Public domain|public domain]] or their copyright is explicitly disclaimed. Generally, Bharatpedia must have permission to use copyrighted works. There are some circumstances under which copyrighted works may be legally utilized without permission; see [[Bharatpedia:Non-free content]] for specific details on when and how to utilize such material. However, it is our goal to be able to freely redistribute as much of Bharatpedia's material as possible, so original images and sound files licensed under CC BY-SA and GFDL (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) or in the [[public domain]] are greatly preferred to copyrighted media files used under [[fair use]] or otherwise.  
All creative works are copyrighted, by international agreement, unless either they fall into the [[Bharatpedia:Public domain|public domain]] or their copyright is explicitly disclaimed. Generally, Bharatpedia must have permission to use copyrighted works. There are some circumstances under which copyrighted works may be legally utilized without permission; see [[Bharatpedia:Non-free content]] for specific details on when and how to utilize such material. However, it is our goal to be able to freely redistribute as much of Bharatpedia's material as possible, so original images and sound files licensed under CC BY-SA and GFDL (unversioned, with no invariant sections, front-cover texts, or back-cover texts) or in the [[public domain]] are greatly preferred to copyrighted media files used under [[fair use]] or otherwise.  


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=== Linking to copyrighted works ===
=== Linking to copyrighted works ===
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Since most recently-created works are copyrighted, almost any Bharatpedia article which [[Bharatpedia:Cite sources|cites its sources]] will link to copyrighted material. It is not necessary to obtain the permission of a copyright holder before linking to copyrighted material, just as an author of a book does not need permission to cite someone else's work in their [[bibliography]]. Likewise, Bharatpedia is not restricted to linking only to CC BY-SA or open-source content.
Since most recently-created works are copyrighted, almost any Bharatpedia article which [[Bharatpedia:Cite sources|cites its sources]] will link to copyrighted material. It is not necessary to obtain the permission of a copyright holder before linking to copyrighted material, just as an author of a book does not need permission to cite someone else's work in their [[bibliography]]. Likewise, Bharatpedia is not restricted to linking only to CC BY-SA or open-source content.


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On Bharatpedia, the use of media files is subject to the [[Bharatpedia:Image use policy|image use policy]], and additionally the use of non-free content is governed by [[Bharatpedia:Non-free content]]. Image description pages must be tagged with a special tag to indicate the legal status of the images, as described at [[Bharatpedia:Image copyright tags]]. Untagged or incorrectly-tagged images may be deleted.
On Bharatpedia, the use of media files is subject to the [[Bharatpedia:Image use policy|image use policy]], and additionally the use of non-free content is governed by [[Bharatpedia:Non-free content]]. Image description pages must be tagged with a special tag to indicate the legal status of the images, as described at [[Bharatpedia:Image copyright tags]]. Untagged or incorrectly-tagged images may be deleted.


Questions about media copyright may be directed to [[WP:MCQ|Bharatpedia:Media copyright questions]], which is generally staffed by volunteers familiar with Bharatpedia's media copyright guidelines and policies.
Questions about media copyright may be directed to [[BP:MCQ|Bharatpedia:Media copyright questions]], which is generally staffed by volunteers familiar with Bharatpedia's media copyright guidelines and policies.
 
== Governing copyright law ==
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The Wikimedia Foundation is based in the United States and accordingly governed by United States copyright law. Bharatpedia contributors should respect the copyright law of other nations, even if these do not have official copyright relations with the United States.[http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikien-l/2005-August/027373.html]
 
A brief summary of non-U.S. copyright laws, including guidelines on determining copyright status of the material in the United States, is available at [[Bharatpedia:Non-U.S. copyrights]].
 
===Works by the United States Federal Government===
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Works produced by civilian and military employees of the [[United States]] federal government in the scope of their employment are public domain by statute in the United States (though they may be protected by copyright outside the U.S.). It is not enough that the employee was working at the time; he/she must have made the work as part of his/her duties (e.g. a soldier who takes a photograph with his/her personal camera while on patrol in Iraq owns the copyright to the photo, but it may find its way onto a unit webpage or otherwise be licensed to the government). 
 
However, not every work republished by the U.S. government falls into this category. The U.S. government can own copyrights that are assigned to it by others–for example, works created by contractors.
{{quotation|'''United States Code; ''Title 17; Chapter 1; § 105''''' Subject matter of copyright; United States Government works.
Copyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government, but the United States Government is not precluded from receiving and holding copyrights transferred to it by assignment, bequest, or otherwise.[https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/105 US Code]}}
 
Moreover, images and other media found on .mil and .gov websites may be using commercial [[stock photography]] owned by others. It may be useful to check the privacy and security notice of the website, but only with an email to the webmaster can you be confident that an image is in the public domain.
 
Note that while the United States government does not claim copyright protection on its own works, governments outside the U.S. often do claim copyright over works produced by their employees. (For example, several Commonwealth realms utilize [[Crown copyright]].)
 
===Works by state governments of the United States===
In contrast to the federal government, most state and local governments in the United States retain copyright to their employees' work. Such work is not in the public domain, so please make sure to [[Copyright status of works by subnational governments of the United States|check copyright information]] before using it.


== Reusers' rights and obligations ==
== Reusers' rights and obligations ==
{{main|Bharatpedia:Reusing Bharatpedia content}}
{{main|Bharatpedia:Reusing Bharatpedia content}}
The only Bharatpedia content you should contact the Wikimedia Foundation about is the trademarked Bharatpedia/Wikimedia logos, which are not freely usable without permission (members of the media, see [[Foundation:Press room]], others see [[Bharatpedia:Contact us]]). If you want to use other Bharatpedia materials in your own books/articles/websites or other publications, you can do so, unless it is used under the [[WP:NFC|non-free content provisions]]—but only in compliance with the licensing terms. Please follow the guidelines below:
The only Bharatpedia content you should contact the Bharatmedia Foundation about is the trademarked Bharatpedia/Bharatmedia logos, which are not freely usable without permission (members of the media, see [[Foundation:Press room]], others see [[Bharatpedia:Contact us]]). If you want to use other Bharatpedia materials in your own books/articles/websites or other publications, you can do so, unless it is used under the [[BP:NFC|non-free content provisions]]—but only in compliance with the licensing terms. Please follow the guidelines below:


===Re-use of text===
===Re-use of text===
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===Re-use of non-text media===
===Re-use of non-text media===


Where not otherwise noted, non-text media files are available under various free culture licenses, consistent with the [[wmf:Resolution:Licensing_policy|Wikimedia Foundation Licensing Policy]]. Please view the media description page for details about the license of any specific media file.
Where not otherwise noted, non-text media files are available under various free culture licenses, consistent with the [[wmf:Resolution:Licensing_policy|Bharatmedia Foundation Licensing Policy]]. Please view the media description page for details about the license of any specific media file.


=== Non-free materials and special requirements ===
=== Non-free materials and special requirements ===
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==If you are the owner of Bharatpedia-hosted content being used without your permission==
==If you are the owner of Bharatpedia-hosted content being used without your permission==
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'''If you are the owner of content that is being used on Bharatpedia without your permission''', then you may request the page be immediately removed from Bharatpedia; see [[Bharatpedia:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation|Request for immediate removal of copyright violation]]. You can also contact our [[wikimedia:designated agent|designated agent]] to have it permanently removed (but it may take up to a week for the page to be deleted that way). You may also blank the page and replace it with the words {{tlx|copyvio|''URL or place you published the text''}} but the text will still be in the page history. Either way, we will, of course, need some evidence to support your claim of ownership.  
'''If you are the owner of content that is being used on Bharatpedia without your permission''', then you may request the page be immediately removed from Bharatpedia; see [[Bharatpedia:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation|Request for immediate removal of copyright violation]]. You can also contact our [[bharatmedia:designated agent|designated agent]] to have it permanently removed (but it may take up to a week for the page to be deleted that way). You may also blank the page and replace it with the words {{tlx|copyvio|''URL or place you published the text''}} but the text will still be in the page history. Either way, we will, of course, need some evidence to support your claim of ownership.  


Inversely, if you are the editor of a Bharatpedia article and have found a copy hosted without following the licensing requirements for attribution, please see [[Bharatpedia:Standard license violation letter]].
Inversely, if you are the editor of a Bharatpedia article and have found a copy hosted without following the licensing requirements for attribution, please see [[Bharatpedia:Standard license violation letter]].
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