User talk:Egoboy

Help me!
How do I successfully post an image to the Shi comic character page. It is a current image, gifted to me by the creator of the image and he has granted me permission to post it as an illustration to the article about his character.

Please help me with...navigating through all of the licensing, copyright requirements for the image to be accepted for posting. Thank you

egoboy (talk) 20:40, 9 July 2017 (UTC)
 * "Permission for use on Wikipedia" is an invalid copyright release for our purposes here. Unless it falls under the very strict exemptions of fair use (and I would need a lot more information to determine that) it would need to be released under a completely free license. What that means is that anyone and use or modify the image at any time and for any purpose (including commercial use). If you are talking about Shi (comics) we already have an image of the character that fits within the fair use policy and any further images would be extra and would not be able to be uploaded unless it is under a completely free license. On that front, we do not take people's word for it and the creator would have to fill out a legal release form and send it into our volunteer response team. The form can be found at c:COM:ET. If you have any further questions about this please don't hesitate to let me know. Copyright is an extremely complex area and it needs to be done right if it is to be done at all. --Majora (talk) 21:01, 9 July 2017 (UTC)

Thank you for the unexpectedly fast response. I am having a problem finding the Shi (comics) image you say is already posted and would simply reuse it while I explore the world of licensing the image I was trying to post. I would also like to 'clean up' the problems on the Shi page. BTW, I am very intrigued by Anthro Forensics. Thank you for your help.
 * This is the image that is currently on that page: File:Shis1fin.jpg. Please note that that image is hosted here under the fair use exemption. Further uses of it on other articles is prohibited. Like I said, copyright is very complex but I'd be happy to take a look at anything you have to ensure that it meets our policy on the matter. --Majora (talk) 21:36, 9 July 2017 (UTC)