Pensapedia:Fair use

All material under fair use is copyrighted to begin with (if the material is known not to be copyrighted, use the appropriate public domain tag instead). Each material under fair use claim must include a reason for fair use. Please review Help:Image page#Fair use rationale and Wikipedia:Fair use.

Fair use on Wikipedia only applies if it is not possible to replace such copyrighted work with a free image

• {{Fair use in|Article}}—For a copyrighted work that is contended to be fair use in Article
• {{Fairusein2|Article1|Article2}}—For a copyrighted work that is contended to be fair use in two articles.
• {{Fairusein3|Article1|Article2|Article3}}—For a copyrighted work that is contended to be fair use in three articles.
• {{Fairusein4|Article1|Article2|Article3|Article4}}—For a copyrighted work that is contended to be fair use in four articles.
• {{Fairusein5|Article1|Article2|Article3|Article4|Article5}}—For a copyrighted work that is contended to be fair use in five articles.

Audio & music

• {{Music sample}}—for 30 second or shorter ogg vorbis music files of reduced quality.
• {{Speech}}—for spoken word audio clips of historic events, such as speeches by public figures.
• {{Sheet music}}—for images of sheet music, whether scanned or recreated, but not sheet music covers.

Cover art

• {{Albumcover}}—for music album or single covers.
• {{Boardgamecover}}—for board game cover art.
• {{Book cover}}—for book covers.
  • {{Comiccover}}—for comic book covers (trade paperbacks and the like go under {{Book cover}}, however).
    • {{Promocomic}} - for promotional images of the artwork to comic book covers, released without indicia to the media.
• {{DVDcover}}—for DVD covers.
• {{Gamecover}}—for video game covers.
  • {{Arcade-game-cover}}—for arcade, pinball, pachinko and similar style cover art or pictures.
• {{Product-cover}}-for general branded product covers.
• {{Softwarecover}}—for other software covers.
• {{Magazinecover}}—for magazine covers.
  • {{TIME}}—for TIME magazine covers.
  • {{SportsIllustratedCover}}-for Sports Illustrated magazine covers.
• {{Newspapercover}}—for scans of entire newspaper pages.
• {{Video disc cover}}—for video disc formats other than DVD.
• {{Video tape cover}}—for video tape covers.

Logos

• {{Logo}}—for logos. See Wikipedia:Logos.
  • {{Computer hardware logo}}—for computer hardware logos.
  • {{DisneyLogo}}—for Walt Disney Company logos.
  • {{drink-logo}}-for Drink logos
  • {{PreK12-logo}}—for logos of PreK through Grade 12 public and private schools
  • {{Restaurant}}—for restaurant logos.
  • {{Radiologo}}—for logos identifying radio stations or networks
  • {{Schoolboard-logo}}-for logos of public and private school boards (school districts)
  • {{Scoutlogo}}—for logos of Scouting organizations
  • {{Sports-logo}}—for logos relating to sports
    • {{Sports uniform}}—for illustrations of sports uniforms
    • {{Hqfl logo}}—for High Quality Football Logos
    • {{Olympics-logo}}—for logos of the Olympic Games
  • {{Tv-logo}}—logos identifying television stations or networks
  • {{Tv-program-logo}}—for logos identifying television programs
  • {{Univ-logo}}—for logos of colleges, universities and other institutions of higher education
• {{Symbol}}—for symbols such as flags and coats of arms where the symbol holder owns the copyright on the image
  • {{Seal}}—for images of official seals
• {{Icon}}—for computer software icons
  • {{game-icon}}—for video and computer game icons
• {{Wayfinding}}—for logos from wayfinding systems (like subway line symbols or toll road markers)

Stamps and currency

• {{Stamp}}—for images of postage stamps that may be copyrighted.
  • {{USPSstamp}}—for images of U.S. postage stamps issued in 1978 or later.
• {{Money}}—for images of the official currency of a country that may be copyrighted.

Promotional material

Fair use on Wikipedia only applies if it is not possible to replace such promotional image with a free image

• {{Promotional}}—for an image freely provided to promote an item, as in a promotional photo in a press packet
  • {{DisneyAttractionPoster}}—for Disney Theme Park attraction posters
  • {{Eventposter}}—for generic event poster images of reduced quality.
    • {{Sportsposter}}—for sports event poster images of reduced quality.
  • {{Movie poster}}—for movie poster images of reduced quality.
  • {{Politicalposter}}—for political poster images of reduced quality.
  • {{Promocomic}} - for promotional images of the artwork to comic book covers, released without indicia to the media.

Film & television stills

• {{Film-screenshot}}—Screenshots from movies
• {{Machinima-screenshot}}—Screenshots from machinima productions
• {{Musicpromo-screenshot}}—Screenshots or stills from music videos or other promotional videos for music artists
• {{Tv-screenshot}}—Screenshots from television programs
  • {{CartoonNetworkImageTag}} Screenshots from Cartoon Network properties
  • {{TVad-screenshot}} this tag only applies if it is not possible to replace such TV Ad screenshot with a free image
• {{Video-screenshot}}—Screenshots from other types of videos (use more specific tag if possible)

Screenshots

• {{Game-screenshot}}—for screenshots of computer games and video games
  • {{Cvg-titlescreen}}—for title screens of computer games and video games
  • {{Mac-game-screenshot}}—for screenshots of Macintosh games
  • {{Nintendo-screenshot}}—for screenshots of Nintendo video games
    • {{NES-screenshot}}—for screenshots of Nintendo Entertainment System video games
• {{Software-screenshot}}—for screenshots of software
  • {{Linux-software-screenshot}}—for screenshots of Linux software
  • {{Mac-software-screenshot}}—for screenshots of Macintosh software
  • {{Web-software-screenshot}}—for screenshots of software with a web-based user interface.
  • {{Windows-software-screenshot}}—for screenshots of Windows software.
• {{Web-screenshot}}—for screenshots of web pages.
  • {{Vodcast-screenshot}}—for screenshots of video podcasts.

Art

• {{Art}}—for low resolution images of two dimensional works of art which were made in 1923 or later.
• {{Statue}}—for images of three-dimensional works of art that are still under copyright.

Publicity photos

Fair use on Wikipedia only applies if it is not possible to replace such publicity image with a free image

• {{Promophoto}}—for publicity photographs of people or events, such as headshots or posed shots, from a press kit. See Wikipedia:Publicity photos.
• {{Canada-politician-photo}}—for official photographs of Canadian politicians
• {{Dutch-politician-photo}}-for official photographs of Dutch politicians and royality
• Template:T1-for official photographs of Indian politicians
• {{Parliament of Australia}}—for official photographs of Australian federal politicians from AUSPIC
• {{TNA-photo}}—for TNA wrestling publicity photos.
• {{WWE-photo}}—for WWE wrestling publicity photos.
• {{HelloProject-Photo}}-for Hello! Project music publicity photos.

UK government

• {{CrownCopyright}} — For material under UK Crown copyright (Crown copyright in other countries has different restrictions). This only applies to some content on some web sites. It's not a carte blanche to use anything. See the talk page for a list of web sites that will allow some use — and check the copyright notice first as they are all different. It is the express opinion of HM Stationery Office that Crown Copyright is incompatible with the GFDL — contact the Epopt for details. For works where UK Crown copyright has expired, use {{PD-BritishGov}} instead.

The options below are all either for Crown copyright or British Government bodies that claim copyrights in their own right with terms sufficiently different from the norm that they need their own message.

• {{LearningandSkillsCouncilCopyright}} — Learning and Skills Council material
• {{NationalAuditOfficeCopyright}} — National Audit Office material
• {{NHSCopyright}} — National Health Service material

The following UK government agencies have unfree images, Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, Land Registry, Teacher Training Agency and the Ordnance Survey. To use material from any of these sources follow the instructions for fair use.

Other

Fair use on Wikipedia only applies if it is not possible to replace such promotional image with a free image

• {{BC-traffic-sign}}—for British Columbia traffic signs.
• {{Cereal box cover}}—for cereal box covers.
• {{Character-artwork}}—for artwork depicting a character from a comic book or video game
  • {{Digimonimage}}—for Digimon images
  • {{DisneyCharacter}}—for Disney characters
  • {{Pokeimage}}—for Pokémon images
  • {{YuGiOhimage}}—for Yu-Gi-Oh! images
• {{Comicpanel}}—for an individual panel from inside a comic book or from a comic strip for the purpose of illustrating the character(s) depicted.
  • {{Webcomicpanel}}—for an individual panel from a webcomic for the purpose of illustrating the character(s) depicted.
• {{Comicscene}}—for a series of panels from inside a comic book or a comic strip to illustrate the character(s) depicted or storyline or strip excerpted.
  • {{Webcomicscene}}—for a series of panels from a webcomic to illustrate the character(s) depicted or storyline or strip excerpted.
• {{Denver Public Library images|imgurl=image url|callno=call number}}—for photographs from the photography collection of the Denver Public Library.
  • {{Otto Perry image|imgurl=image url|callno=call number}}—for photographs from the Otto Perry collection of the Denver Public Library
  • {{Robert Richardson image|imgurl=image url|callno=call number}}—for photographs from the Robert Richardson collection of the Denver Public Library
• {{HistoricPhoto}}—for unique, famous historical photographs
• {{Parody}}—for images depicting a parody.
• {{Smithsonian}}—for images from the Smithsonian Institution
• {{Standard test}}—for standard test images ubiquitous in the image processing literature

Deprecated

• {{Restricted use}} (and redirects {{Fairuse}}, {{Fair use}} and others)—formerly used for copyrighted images and audio samples which are contended to be fair use. Replace this tag either with {{Fair use in|Article}} or with another of the tags above.
• {{PermissionAndFairUse}}—formerly used for media for which we have permission, and US fair use also applies. You should also describe as much as possible about the permission including who from and conditions. Replace this tag with either {{Fair use in|Article}} or with another of the tags above, and also add {{Withpermission}}.
• {{Fairuseunsure}} (and redirect {{Fairold}})—formerly used with images which might possibly be in the public domain, either due to age or for some other reason, but the copyright status cannot be conclusively determined. The copyright status of the image should be thoroughly investigated, and either tagged as public domain if it is in the public domain, or as {{Fair use in|Article}} or with another tag above.