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These are the copyright policies for Glitch City Laboratories. |
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==Attribution== |
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New contributors should carefully consider that all content submitted to [[Glitch City Laboratories]] wiki does not violate the work of other companies and/or organizations. A contributor should ensure that the content he or she submits to the wiki was written by his or herself and/or is part of the [[wikipedia:public domain|public domain]]. |
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Glitch City Laboratories wiki follows the philosophy of |
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[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported]. This means that appropriate credit must be given to the original authors of articles/texts (using <!-- --> tags is OK), and content on the wiki must not be used for commercial purposes. |
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==Fair Use== |
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By infringing copyright laws either by [[wikipedia:plagiarism|plagiarism]] or by [[wikipedia:piracy|piracy]], a contributor is liable to punishment by the consensus carried out in the relevant act, such content if present on the wiki must be removed at once. Under no circumstances should the contributor make profit out of any content within the wiki, or otherwise distribute it in such a way that others endorse the distributer. This is with respect to Copyright laws including those of [[wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] and the properties of other organisations. Contributors, if uncertain should carefully check whether a company's policy allows such content to be shared. The phrase "All Rights Reserved" denotes that content has not been waived. In other words, all rights reserved by the copyright owner are still applicable and users have no permission to infringe them. |
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The contents in the Pokémon franchise including game, scenario (i.e. texts and plot), music and program are reserved by [[bp:The Pokémon Company]], [[bp:Game Freak|Game Freak]], [[bp:Creatures|Creatures]] and any other company that owns a share to the copyright of the game in question. |
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Screenshots related to Pokémon glitches are believed to be allowed in the United States under [[wp:fair use|fair use]] philosophy if they are of limited resolution and are only being used to illustrate the article in question or for commentary, recreational purposes. |
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==Other policies== |
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==Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported== |
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Uploading a [[ROM image]] (entire game code), ISO (Game Disc data) or BIOS (entire game code) file to Glitch City Laboratories is a violation of copyright and is not allowed. |
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[[Category:Glitch City Laboratories]] |
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External link: [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/] |
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These are guidelines set by the [[wikipedia:Creative Commons|Creative Commons]] organization, regarding what content is allowed and what content is forbidden on [[wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]. |
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==Nintendo== |
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The term "[[bp:Pokémon|Pokémon]]" and the series [[bp:Pokémon (series)|Pokémon]] are registered trademarks of Nintendo © 1996-2010. Nintendo reserve the rights of distributing or creating software under their name. Content from [[wikipedia:Nintendo|Nintendo]] are under [[wikipedia:fair use|fair use]], hence such content may be added to the wiki but the contributor should not sell or claim such content as his or her own work. A whole product should not be contributed at all however and the rights to contribute those are reserved by Nintendo. For example, if content such as the whole of a publication under the ownership of Nintendo, a game's [[ROM image]] or [[wikipedia:BIOS|Hardware/Software BIOS]] is submitted to [[Glitch City Laboratories]], it is infringing the rights of Nintendo and must be removed at once. |
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Revision as of 15:20, 16 November 2016
These are the copyright policies for Glitch City Laboratories.
Attribution
Glitch City Laboratories wiki follows the philosophy of Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported. This means that appropriate credit must be given to the original authors of articles/texts (using tags is OK), and content on the wiki must not be used for commercial purposes.
Fair Use
The contents in the Pokémon franchise including game, scenario (i.e. texts and plot), music and program are reserved by bp:The Pokémon Company, Game Freak, Creatures and any other company that owns a share to the copyright of the game in question.
Screenshots related to Pokémon glitches are believed to be allowed in the United States under fair use philosophy if they are of limited resolution and are only being used to illustrate the article in question or for commentary, recreational purposes.
Other policies
Uploading a ROM image (entire game code), ISO (Game Disc data) or BIOS (entire game code) file to Glitch City Laboratories is a violation of copyright and is not allowed.