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This page is intended for listing and discussing possible copyright problems on Wikipedia, including pages and images which are suspected to be in violation.

Note that if you suspect an article is violating a copyright, such as a copy of another web site, you can edit the article, and replace the text with the template {{copyvio|url=[insert URL here]}} ~~~~, making sure you insert the URL where the copied text can be found. See Wikipedia:Copyright for more information.

For requesting copyright examination before including questionable content to a Wikipedia article use Wikipedia:Requested copyright examinations instead.

Notice to copyright owners: If you believe Wikipedia is infringing your copyright, you may choose to raise the issue using Wikipedia:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation. Alternatively, you may choose to contact Wikipedia's designated agent under the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act.

On the other hand, if you see an article somewhere else which you believe was copied from the Wikipedia without attribution, visit the GFDL compliance page or meta:Non-compliant site coordination.

Please see the proposal to speedy delete patent copyright violation material.

Remember to drop a warning template into talk pages of users who submit copyvios. If we don't educate, the problems will only swell. Insert this code into a user talk page: {{nothanks|name of copyvio article}}.

Instructions

If you list a page or image here which you believe to be a copyright infringement, follow the instructions below. Page titles should stay listed for a minimum of 7 days before a decision is made.

I.	New page, existing page, or image? If a new page, go to II. If an existing page, go to III. If an image, go to IV.
II.	Replace content with {{copyvio}} Blank the page and replace the text with {{copyvio\|url=[insert URL here]}} ~~~~ . Note that that is the "pipe", or vertical bar character between the words "copyvio" and "url", not the letter l. Then go to today's section and add *{{subst:article-cv \| PageName}}* Put the page's name in place of "PageName". Include the page's name in your edit summary, and press save.
III.	Revert the page The violating text will remain in the page history for archival reasons unless the copyright holder asks the Wikimedia Foundation to remove it. The task is now finished.
IV.	Add {{imagevio}} to the image page Add the following to the image description page: {{imagevio\|url=[insert URL here]}} ~~~~ Then go to today's section and add: [[:Image:ImageName]] to the bottom of the list. The task is now finished.

Optionally, add {{nothanks}} to the article creator's talk page, to notify them of the problems with posting copyrighted material to wikipedia. Use the format {{subst:nothanks|article title}}. For images optionally add {{idw-cp}} to the image uploader's talk page, using the format {{subst:idw-cp|Image:file name}}

In addition

In addition to nominating potential copyright violations for deletion, you could:

Replace the article's text with new (re-written) content of your own: This can be done on a temp page, so that the original "copyvio version" may be deleted by a sysop. Temp versions should be written at a page like: [[PAGE NAME/temp]]. If the original turns out to be not a copyvio, these two can be merged.
Write to the owner of the copyright to check whether they gave permission (or maybe they in fact posted it here!).
Ask for permission - see wikipedia:boilerplate request for permission, Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission

Instructions for special cases

Amazon copyrights: Please list any amazon image copyright issues at Wikipedia:Images from Amazon.com.

Pokémon images: The discussion on Pokémon images has been moved to Template talk:Pokeimage.

Category:Unfree images: These may be listed, if they indeed are not available under a free license or a reasonable fair use rationale. Note that some of these may not actually be unfree images, but rather images which are released under multiple licenses.

Category:Images with missing copyright information: These should replaced and many should be listed for deletion. Those that are currently orphaned can be listed on images for deletion.

These images are available for use on the Wikipedia web site, but are not released under the GFDL. According to Jimbo Wales, we cannot use images that are not GFDL and are not usable under a fair use rationale [1]. Images from these categories may be listed here, but be sure that the image is not also available under a free license, and that a fair use claim cannot be made.

From the mailing list:

As of today, all *new* images which are *non commercial only* and *with permission only* should be deleted on sight. Older images should go through a process of VfD to eliminate them in an orderly fashion, taking due account of "fair use". (Jimbo) :Full Email, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Clearing copyvios

After being listed here for seven days, possible copyright violations should be checked and processed by admins. See Wikipedia:Copyright problems/Advice for admins for some help.

Instructions

In addition

Instructions for special cases

Clearing copyvios

See also