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Commons:Village pump/Copyright

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Is everything public domain in this archive? I want to use some photos from [http://archive.org/details/fine-woodworking-063 old issue of magazine]. [[User:Dominikmatus|Dominikmatus]] ([[User talk:Dominikmatus|talk]]) 15:33, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

Is everything public domain in this archive? I want to use some photos from [http://archive.org/details/fine-woodworking-063 old issue of magazine]. [[User:Dominikmatus|Dominikmatus]] ([[User talk:Dominikmatus|talk]]) 15:33, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

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:No, I think there's a lot there which is not public domain. The [http://archive.org/about/terms.php Internet Archive Terms of Use] also say: ''In particular, you certify that your use of any part of the Archive's Collections will be noncommercial and will be limited to noninfringing or fair use under copyright law.'' The "noncommercial" restriction is not compatible with Wikimedia projects at all, and Commons doesn't accept "fair use". However, I think there is also a lot of content at archive.org which ''is'' in the public domain, but this has to be ascertained for each individual case. In the case of your example, at a first glance I don't see why it should be PD. In fact, I don't see any notice regarding the copyright status... [[User:Gestumblindi|Gestumblindi]] ([[User talk:Gestumblindi|talk]]) 18:25, 24 March 2013 (UTC)

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