Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2015 April 11

11 April 2015
SCV for 2015-04-11 [ Edit]

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * I need some advice on an issue at Reference_desk/Language. To give some background, the issue began with User:Jojodesbatignoles uploading Commons:File:Etrangeté parmi des verbes irréguliers anglais.jpg which is a scanned page of a copyrighted book. (Yes, I know this page does not deal with image or Commons problems, but it is relevant background).  That image was deleted on Commons as a copyvio.  The user then, on the advice of other editors in the thread, uploaded the image to Facebook and linked to it in the thread.  I subsequently removed the link as a link to copyvio material.  User:Medeis has attempted to restore this link on the grounds that the page is not copyrightable (they also argue that the original image upload should be allowed).  Can I have a policy view on this please? SpinningSpark 08:45, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I think that even if you grant using one page with a list of verbs from a book is a copyvio, the purpose was obviously free-use. The image was hugely reduced, in no way infringed on the author's ability to make money of the work, and was, as a matter of discussion at the ref desks, the object of scholarly discussion, the strongest reason to allow fair use.  I won't be restoring the link again myself. μηδείς (talk) 16:36, 11 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I wouldn't bother pursuing this -- the link and usage of the work is fair use and the intention of WP:COPYLINK is to forbid linking to pirated content. MER-C 03:05, 13 April 2015 (UTC)