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* Fair use / copyrighted
When uploading files, you'll be asked to select a license for the media you're uploading. What this is really asking is to identify the type of media you're uploading. Here's an example of each type so you can make the right choice:
** Artwork
 
*** character-artwork|Character Artwork
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** Screenshots:
|+ Media Licensing
*** game-screenshot|Video game screenshot
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*** tv-screenshot|TV show screenshot
! Type!! Example
*** video-screenshot|Video screenshot (DVD, VHS, movies, etc.)
|-
** Covers / box art:
| Character Artwork || [[Image:Mario.jpg]]
*** game-cover|Video game cover
|-
*** dvd-cover|DVD cover
| Video game screenshot || [[Image:Super mario64 02.jpg]]
*** vhs-cover|VHS cover
|-
*** book-cover|Book cover
| TV show screenshot || [[Image:Supercade.JPG|260px]]
*** mag-cover|Magazine cover
|-
*** album-cover|Album cover
| Video screenshot (DVD, VHS, movies, etc.) || [[Image:Ss smbmovie-dvd 01.jpg|480px]]
** Audio and video:
|-
*** soundclip|Sound Clip
| Video game cover || [[Image:200px-Super Mario Bros box.jpg]]
*** videoclip|Video Clip
|-
** Other:
| Book cover || [[Image:Pittrap.jpg]]
*** logo|Logo
|-
*** promophoto|Promotional photo
| Magazine cover || [[Image:NP Cover.JPG]]
** Restricted use:
|-
*** permission|Used with permission
| Album cover || [[Image:Smashing live.JPG]]
*** restricted use|General restricted use - please choose a more specific tag if possible
|-
* Free licenses:
| Sound Clip || [[Media:Blooper Bop.ogg]]
** GNU Free Documentation Licenses:
|-
*** gfdl|GNU Free Documentation License
| Video Clip ||
*** lgpl|Lesser General Public License
|-
** Creative Commons licenses:
| Logo || [[Image:Nintendo.png|480px]]
*** cc-by-nc-sa-2.5|Attribution ShareAlike 2.5
|-
* Public domain / no rights reserved:
| Promotional photo || [[Image:Revolution.PNG]]
** All rights explicitly released by author:
|-
*** pd|Public domain
| Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 || [[Image:Genochain.jpg|480px]]
*Not sure?
|-
**don't know|I do not know the license
| Public domain || [[Image:Flag of the United States.png|480px]]
**some website|I found the image somewhere
|}
 
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Revision as of 20:48, October 7, 2006

When uploading files, you'll be asked to select a license for the media you're uploading. What this is really asking is to identify the type of media you're uploading. Here's an example of each type so you can make the right choice:

Media Licensing
Type Example
Character Artwork File:Mario.jpg
Video game screenshot File:Super mario64 02.jpg
TV show screenshot Mario and Pauline.
Video screenshot (DVD, VHS, movies, etc.) File:Ss smbmovie-dvd 01.jpg
Video game cover File:200px-Super Mario Bros box.jpg
Book cover Cover art of Super Mario Bros.: Trapped in the Perilous Pit
Magazine cover File:NP Cover.JPG
Album cover File:Smashing live.JPG
Sound Clip Media:Blooper Bop.ogg
Video Clip
Logo File:Nintendo.png
Promotional photo File:Revolution.PNG
Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 A Geno key chain.
Public domain File:Flag of the United States.png