Grand Theft Wiki:Licensing
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This page documents official Policy on Grand Theft Wiki. It concerns standards that all users should follow. When editing this page, please ensure that your revision reflects consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on the talk page. |
Grand Theft Wiki has a series of policies regarding the use and reproduction of Copyright material.
Using Grand Theft Wiki Content
Grand Theft Wiki's content is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported.
In short, you are free to to copy, modify, distribute and transmit the work, but you MUST provide attribution (linking back to this site) and you must use the same or a similar licence for your copy, whether modified or not.
- By editing Grand Theft Wiki, you agree to license any text you add under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported).
Grand Theft Wiki's name, logo and design is Copyright © 2024 Grand Theft Wiki (Gerard Boyers).
Putting Content onto Grand Theft Wiki
No copyrighted content should be placed on Grand Theft Wiki unless either you own the copyright or have express written permission to use it. However, some content, such as logos, screenshots, names or short text extracts (eg quotes) may be placed if used fairly. Any quotes, text extracts or images should reference their source, unless it is obvious (eg a company logo) or generic (no identifiable author).
We believe it is fair to use screenshots of games to represent games and the characters, vehicles and locations in those games. We also believe that it is fair to use existing screenshots for that purpose, since we (by default) allow images to be reproduced elsewhere. Credit will be given where due. However, if the copyright holder wishes to dispute our use of an image, it should be discussed on the talk page for the image or this page.
Copyright Templates
- See: Copyright templates for various copyright templates for use on images, such as the following:
This is a screenshot of a GTA game - a copyrighted video game by Rockstar Games.
On Grand Theft Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution screenshots, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the screenshot, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not 'significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material', is 'not being used to generate profit in this context', and presents ideas that 'cannot be exhibited otherwise'. Grand Theft Auto games are copyrighted video games, developed and published by Rockstar Games. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page.
See Grand Theft Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
Disclaimer
Grand Theft Wiki will not be held liable for any misuse of content by our registered members.
Correction of Breaches of Copyright
If you believe a copyright has been breached, please let us know, and provide proof of the source and licence of the content. We will aim to correct the problem as soon as possible if neccessary.