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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.

Contents

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

Logos

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

Screenshots

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

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.

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

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.