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While no material in Patholines has a licensing more stringent than [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 4.0], many images are '''[[Public Domain]]''', that is, without any restrictions (See [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Creative Commons for details]). The status of each image is seen on its description page (found by clicking the image). Furthermore, as per U.S. copyright laws, tables and graphs are not copyrightable unless they have some artistic, literary or other copyrightable aspect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/83329/copyrightability_of_tables_charts_and_graphs.pdf|title=Copyrightability of Tables, Charts and Graphs|website=Deep Blue Repositories, University of Michigan Library|accessdate=2022-01-07}}</ref> | While no material in Patholines has a licensing more stringent than [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ CC-BY 4.0], many images are '''[[Public Domain]]''', that is, without any restrictions (See [https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Creative Commons for details]). The status of each image is seen on its description page (found by clicking the image). Furthermore, as per U.S. copyright laws, tables and graphs are not copyrightable unless they have some artistic, literary or other copyrightable aspect.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/83329/copyrightability_of_tables_charts_and_graphs.pdf|title=Copyrightability of Tables, Charts and Graphs|website=Deep Blue Repositories, University of Michigan Library|accessdate=2022-01-07}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Scary FBI logo.jpg|thumb|200px|Scary FBI logos like this are often copy-pasted into works, together with threatening text, but this does not change your copyrights.]] | [[File:Scary FBI logo.jpg|thumb|200px|Scary FBI logos like this are often copy-pasted into works, together with threatening text, but this does not change your copyrights.<ref group=image>This image is in the public domain in the United States because it is a derivative ("FBI anti-piracy warning" replaced with "scary FBI logo") of a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code.</ref>]] | ||
This resource is published under U.S. jurisdiction, and the United States copyright law holds that "''In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.''",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.copyright.gov/title17/title17.pdf|title=Copyright Law OF THE United States and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code|website=U.S. Copyright Office}} May 2021</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102|title=17 U.S. Code § 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general|website=Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute|accessdate=2022-01-11}}</ref> and hence, for any scholarly pathology text that is published in the United States that does not involve any significant artistic or poetic innovation, you can most definitely use it as Public Domain, and defend such usage by stating that it describes anatomical, physiological and pathological processes and systems (regardless of how many copyright tags or FBI logos are displayed therein). Hence, in practice, the attribution as per above when using material from Patholines is a polite request rather than a legal requirement. | This resource is published under U.S. jurisdiction, and the United States copyright law holds that "''In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.''",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.copyright.gov/title17/title17.pdf|title=Copyright Law OF THE United States and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code|website=U.S. Copyright Office}} May 2021</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/102|title=17 U.S. Code § 102 - Subject matter of copyright: In general|website=Cornell Law School, Legal Information Institute|accessdate=2022-01-11}}</ref> and hence, for any scholarly pathology text that is published in the United States that does not involve any significant artistic or poetic innovation, you can most definitely use it as Public Domain, and defend such usage by stating that it describes anatomical, physiological and pathological processes and systems (regardless of how many copyright tags or FBI logos are displayed therein). Hence, in practice, the attribution as per above when using material from Patholines is a polite request rather than a legal requirement. | ||
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All content in Patholines can be copied to Wikipedia as long as appropriate attribution is made. For article text, such attribution can practically be made as a mention in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary Edit summary], mentioning the Patholines article author(s) and the URL of the Patholines article. | All content in Patholines can be copied to Wikipedia as long as appropriate attribution is made. For article text, such attribution can practically be made as a mention in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Edit_summary Edit summary], mentioning the Patholines article author(s) and the URL of the Patholines article. | ||
The other way around, Wikipedia images (as well as images from [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons]) that have a compatible license can be used in Patholines. However, because the text in Wikipedia articles is licensed under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License a Attribution + ShareAlike license], Wikipedia text cannot be directly copied to Patholines. Similarly, Wikipedia images released under a ShareAlike license can only be used with written permission from the author to have it published under CC BY or CC0. A response by private email is generally sufficient for this purpose. It is even more beneficial if the author agrees to change the license of the work at Wikipedia, such as changing the licensing template to {{tl|Cc-by-4.0}} on image description pages. If | The other way around, Wikipedia images (as well as images from [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikimedia Commons]) that have a compatible license can be used in Patholines. However, because the text in Wikipedia articles is licensed under [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_3.0_Unported_License a Attribution + ShareAlike license], Wikipedia text cannot be directly copied to Patholines. Similarly, Wikipedia images released under a ShareAlike license can only be used with written permission from the author to have it published under CC BY or CC0. A response by private email is generally sufficient for this purpose. It is even more beneficial if the author agrees to change the license of the work at Wikipedia, such as changing the licensing template to {{tl|Cc-by-4.0}} on image description pages.<ref group=note>If you want even more rigorous proof that the author approves of the licensing of a work, the author may store a permission note in the release generator of Wikimedia: https://tools.wmflabs.org/relgen/</ref> | ||
==Plagiarism== | ==Plagiarism== | ||
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*Ideas, concepts, or analysis from any other source | *Ideas, concepts, or analysis from any other source | ||
*Material that is copied from the authors' own published works and without agreement of the editor or publisher of that work | *Material that is copied from the authors' own published works and without agreement of the editor or publisher of that work | ||
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