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-- Wikimedia Commons Welcome (talk) 21:32, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
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File:Ethan Klein 2023.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
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Cakelot1 (talk) 18:06, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
- Saying “fans and creators” was perhaps a bit more hyperbolic and worded just to sound more intelligent than it should have been. It is entirely free to use, as stated by Klein. In early January he stated “… I am opening our IP (intellectual property) to the world… If you want to [use]… anything with me in it… go for it man. Monetize it. I will not claim, I will not remove, I will not do anything.” Evidence of this can be seen in this clip from an episode of the podcast which predates the screengrab: https://youtube.com/q2GGi9hbrZo
- There is sufficient evidence of the free license being sufficient here. Thank you for reading!! Kdog5454 (talk) 18:35, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
- No, we need it to be legally licenced under a free licence. While it's very nice that the creator says that anybody can use it, if it's not actually licenced under a free licence then there is nothing legally preventing the creator going back on there word at any point. Commons requires that anybody be able to use files even if the creator wants to prevent (so long as they follow the listed restrictions). There is no such legally enforceable guarantee here.
- You can't just assume that the creator is fine with everything in the licence you've arbitrarily chosen (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). Again these are legally binding contracts not half thrown off platitudes. If you want the image kept I suggest you get the actual copyright holder to release it under an actual free licence via COM:VRT Cakelot1 (talk) 23:14, 8 May 2023 (UTC)
File:Ethan Klein 2023.jpg has been listed at Commons:Deletion requests so that the community can discuss whether it should be kept or not. We would appreciate it if you could go to voice your opinion about this at its entry.
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File:Hila Klein 2023.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that.
The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.)
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