AmericolaWiki:Fair use

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Guidelines and policies concerning fair use on AmericolaWiki are almost always under heated debate on this page's talk page. You are invited to participate.

Fair use is a legal doctrine which may permit the use of copyrighted material on AmericolaWiki under a restricted set of criteria. It is not a blanket permission to use text, images or other copyrighted materials freely on AmericolaWiki.

Content used under this doctrine on AmericolaWiki must meet the United States legal tests for fair use. Furthermore, AmericolaWiki places additional restrictions on "fair use" of copyrighted material; the image or content can only be used if it is not replaceable with a free content image. This might, for example, allow for the inclusion of a photo documenting a historical event such as the Hindenburg disaster, but a simple publicity still of a vehicle, building or living person will be subject to much greater scrutiny.

An editor uploading copyrighted material to AmericolaWiki must provide a detailed fair use rationale; otherwise the uploaded material will be deleted.

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