Wikibooks:Fair use policy

Fair Use of both text and images is a legal grey area where you must use judgement and personal opinion as to if something qualifies as fair-use or not.

What is Permitted on Wikibooks

To simplify the process of trying to determine if something qualifies as fair-use here on Wikibooks, only content which meets the following criteria will be allowed to stay on Wikibooks. We are not lawyers here and are not prepared to stay on the leading edge of legal theories and the latest court judgements and case law. The only real alternative is to simply ban fair use content on Wikibooks altogether, which has been done for some Wikimedia projects due to the complex issues involved.

Fair Use Text

Permitted Fair Use on Wikibooks for Text:

• Very short excerpts from a much larger work, usually just a few words or a single sentance or two.

Fair Use Images

Permitted Fair Use on Wikibooks for Images:

• Coat of Arms, Flags, Seals, etc. of administrative entities, political authorities and institutions

  These items are often protected by crown copyright or other similar legal protections, where copyright does not expire.

• Coins, Banknotes, Stamps

  These images should also be resized, partially covered, or otherwise changed to avoid counterfeiting laws.

• Company Logos and trademarks

  Logos are permissible only for modules that are specifically about the company or product whose trademark is being used. Under no condition should endorsement be implied by the use of the logo, which would be an inappropriate use.

• Software Screenshots

External References about Fair Use

• w:Fair Use