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Copyright Infringement

Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright Issues View the full Wetpaint Terms of Use
*Q. Someone copied my content and put it on another Wetpaint site. What can I do?*
A. The first thing you should try to do is to contact the creator or administrator of the site that published the copied content and work with them to resolve the issue. Sending a friendly and non-threatening message can work wonders since many times people are unaware that content online is protected by copyright. However, if the person that copied is unable or unwilling to work with you, you may wish to submit a formal copyright infringement complaint to Wetpaint.
*Q. How can I file a Copyright Infringement notice?*
A. Follow the instructions under section 3 of the Wetpaint Terms of Use Agreement. In order for Wetpaint to process a copyright infringement complaint we need to have all of the information indicated in section 3 of the Wetpaint Terms of Use Agreement. It is important that you be as specific as possible when reporting copyright infringement.
*Q. Can I contribute copyrighted content to a Wetpaint site?*
A. Yes, if you are the one who owns the copyright, or you have the copyright owner's permission. It is your responsibility to make sure that everything you post is your own original work or that you have permission from the copyright owner to use their content.
Q. Who owns the copyright to content published on Wetpaint sites?
A. If it's your work, you do. If you post your own original work to a Wetpaint site, you are still the copyright owner of your individual submission.
*Q. What are others allowed to do with the content I post on a Wetpaint site?*
A. When you post your content on a Wetpaint site, you give Wetpaint the right to add it to the site and retransmit it to the public, or use it for other purposes. Additionally, your content will be made available to others to redistribute for non-commercial purposes. They can do this by way of a Creative Commons license, which is automatically granted.
*Q. Which Creative Commons license is used, and what does it allow?*
A. Your content will be made available to other users under the Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. This license lets people republish content from Wetpaint sites, as long as they are not using it to make money for themselves, as long as they attribute the content (e.g. with a link), and as long as they make the content available to other users on the same basis.
*Q. Can I choose between different types of Creative Commons licenses?*
A. So far, no. Any site you create with Wetpaint carries the Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.
*Q. Can I use the Gnu FDL for my content?*
A. So far, no.
Q. Is there anything else I should know about copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and other terms of use?
A. As a matter of fact, our lawyers would love it if you would read the full terms of use on the site you are asking about, or read our example terms of use from this site. Enjoy!

Frequently Asked Questions About Copyright Issues

View the full Wetpaint Terms of Use

Q. Someone copied my content and put it on another Wetpaint site. What can I do?

A. The first thing you should try to do is to contact the creator or administrator of the site that published the copied content and work with them to resolve the issue. Sending a friendly and non-threatening message can work wonders since many times people are unaware that content online is protected by copyright. However, if the person that copied is unable or unwilling to work with you, you may wish to submit a formal copyright infringement complaint to Wetpaint.

Q. How can I file a Copyright Infringement notice?

A. Follow the instructions under section 3 of the Wetpaint Terms of Use Agreement. In order for Wetpaint to process a copyright infringement complaint we need to have all of the information indicated in section 3 of the Wetpaint Terms of Use Agreement. It is important that you be as specific as possible when reporting copyright infringement.

Q. Can I contribute copyrighted content to a Wetpaint site?

A. Yes, if you are the one who owns the copyright, or you have the copyright owner's permission. It is your responsibility to make sure that everything you post is your own original work or that you have permission from the copyright owner to use their content.

Q. Who owns the copyright to content published on Wetpaint sites?

A. If it's your work, you do. If you post your own original work to a Wetpaint site, you are still the copyright owner of your individual submission.

Q. What are others allowed to do with the content I post on a Wetpaint site?

A. When you post your content on a Wetpaint site, you give Wetpaint the right to add it to the site and retransmit it to the public, or use it for other purposes. Additionally, your content will be made available to others to redistribute for non-commercial purposes. They can do this by way of a Creative Commons license, which is automatically granted.

Q. Which Creative Commons license is used, and what does it allow?

A. Your content will be made available to other users under the Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License. This license lets people republish content from Wetpaint sites, as long as they are not using it to make money for themselves, as long as they attribute the content (e.g. with a link), and as long as they make the content available to other users on the same basis.

Q. Can I choose between different types of Creative Commons licenses?

A. So far, no. Any site you create with Wetpaint carries the Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License.

Q. Can I use the Gnu FDL for my content?

A. So far, no.

Q. Is there anything else I should know about copyrights, trademarks, licenses, and other terms of use?

A. As a matter of fact, our lawyers would love it if you would read the full terms of use on the site you are asking about, or read our example terms of use from this site. Enjoy!

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Anonymous

Creative Commons and Fair Use at Wikipedia

Oct 21 2009, 2:30 PM EDT by CryingDove

Thread started: Oct 21 2009, 2:03 PM EDT Watch

Wikipedia has a page on how they handle Fair Use on their wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Fair_use
I believe that they also offer their content under a (different) Creative Commons license, though obviously their situation is different, so this is posted only to help people start thinking about these issues.

See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Reusing_Wikipedia_content#Fair_use_materials_and_special_requirements

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Creative Commons Sublicense and embeds

Oct 9 2009, 12:23 PM EDT by jeremy_wetpaint

Thread started: Oct 8 2009, 11:21 PM EDT Watch

If someone embeds something in their wiki using the widget command, does the content of that widget immediately fall under the Creative Commons license?

For example, if I embed a video on my website and someone sees it, could they reuse it, claiming that they have the right to do so under the Creative Commons license that protects the entire site? It would make sense to me that the Creative Commons license would cover the reference to the video that was hosted elsewhere but not the video itself. Interpreted any other way, this could lead to all sorts of legal troubles.

Another scenario. Suppose I own the copyright for a photograph that I want to use on my wiki but don't want to license the photo out under the Creative Commons license. Can I embed the photo as a widget on my wiki using an IFRAME without releasing the photo into the Creative Commons?

Some guidance from Wetpaint on this would be very helpful.

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idealjetsam

Creative Commons License Badge

Sep 6 2009, 4:08 PM EDT by DerCat

Thread started: Sep 6 2009, 3:14 PM EDT Watch

Hi.

I would like to add a CC license badge to my site--the same one Wetpaint Mandates: Creative Commons' Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License (although I think it is 3.0 now) but Wetpaint does not recognize the badge embed code. Can you give some guidance on how to embed the widget?

Cheers,

Bill T.

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