I have a question about licenses in the wiki

[ratcreature]

On the Fanlore:Copyright page it says "Fanlore's position is that the reproduction of zine covers and other fannish artwork falls constitutes a fair use under U.S. copyright law. Artists should be credited (in accordance with any privacy concerns)." -- so I gather if someone else say uploaded a copy of some fanart I posted online to illustrate something, Fanlore doesn't claim the uploaded artwork is theirs even though it is in the Wiki, and others couldn't take it under the "Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial license" that the wiki content is released under, the wiki just uses it.

But if I uploaded a copy of my own art to illustrate something (let's say it was even completely original, to not complicate it with the fanart aspect, like say I wanted to illustrate the "drawble" article, I could pick one that doesn't show characters I don't own), that would count as my original work, and be like text I contribute to the wiki, right? So my art, because I uploaded it myself as my original work, would then be automatically released to everyone under the wiki's CC license. Did I understand that right?

Comments

[melina]

I added a clarification re original images to the Fanlore:Copyright page, which is where the other information re copyright is posted.

Edited, to avoid pigheadedness :) I'll look into having the upload page edited (can't do it as easily as other pages) to add a link to the copyright page, so instead of trying to include all the information there (which I honestly think is overload), it's a link instead, readily available to anyone with questions. Would that satisfy your concern?

[ratcreature]

I never suggested to put all the copyright details on the file upload page. I just think it should mention it, just like when you add text for the wiki you have the notice there,but a link with a sentence or something like that should be fine.

[melina]

It's been added. Thanks for your input.