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  1. Wikipedia:Copyrights

    • Fair use. There is an exception to the rules of copyright, which is called fair use. ...
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    • Copyright does not apply in some cases. Copyright does not apply is some cases. There needs to be enough creativity (called threshold of originality ).
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    Is wikipedia subject to US copyright law?
    Because the database servers are located in the United States, Wikipedia is subject to US copyright law in this matter and may not host material which infringes US copyright law.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Copyright
    What are copyright laws in the US?
    The United States copyright law protects "original works of authorship," fixed in a tangible medium including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and other intellectual works. This protection is available to both published and unpublished works.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States
    What is a copyright violation on Wikipedia?
    Wikipedia:Copyright violations. However, copying material without the permission of the copyright holder from sources that are not public domain or compatibly licensed (unless it's a brief quotation used in accordance with Wikipedia's non-free content policy and guideline) is likely to be a copyright violation.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_violations
    Who owns the copyright in a copyrighted work?
    A violation of any of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder is a copyright infringement, unless fair use (or a similar affirmative defense) applies. The initial owner of the copyright to a work is the author, unless that work is a "work made for hire.". Works for hire.
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_law_of_the_United_States
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    https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Wikipedia:Copyrights

    If you contribute text directly to Wikipedia, 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 unrestricte…

     

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    The Wikimedia Foundation is based in the United States and accordingly governed by United States copyright law. Regardless, according to Jimbo Wales, the co-founder of Wikipedia, Wikipedia c…

     

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    The only Wikipedia content you should contact the Wikimedia Foundation about is the trademarked Wikipedia/Wikimedia logos, which are not freely usable without permission (members o…

     

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  4. https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Copyright_law_of_the_United_States

    United States copyright law includes numerous defenses, exceptions, and limitations. Some of the most important include:
    • Copyright applies only to certain copyrightable subject matter, codified within 17 U.S.C. § 102. Works that are not "original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression" are not subject to copyright. 17 U.S.C. § 102(b) codifies …

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    • https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Copyright

      The concept of copyright developed after the printing press came into use in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. The printing press made it much cheaper to produce works, but as there was initially no copyright law, anyone could buy or rent a press and print any text. Popular new works were immediately re-set and re-published by competitors, so printers needed a constant stream of ne…

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      • There is an exception to the rules of copyright, which is called fair use. This says that we can copy a short amount of something (for example, one or two sentences, or a small picture) without permission. Fair use is part of the laws of United States of Americaand some other countries. This should only be done if you are going to write about the p...
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