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Paraphrasing of copyrighted material may, under certain circumstances, constitute copyright infringement. In most countries that have national copyright laws, copyright applies to the original expression in a work rather than to the meanings or ideas being expressed.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in the Perfect 10 case, held that, when Google provided links to images, Google did not violate the provisions of the copyright law prohibiting unauthorized reproduction and distribution of copies of a work: "Because Google's computers do not store the photographic images, Google does not have a ...
Yes, you can copy interface text from public domain programs, or CC0 programs, directly onto Wikipedia, as public domain programs are compatible with the CC-BY-SA license used by Wikipedia. Make sure the program is explicitly licensed CC0 or public domain, and use {{ CC-notice }} or {{ PD-notice }} to indicate this.
Audio and visual material (excluding interactive materials, e.g., video games) are subject to the analog hole, namely that in order to view the material, the digital signal must be turned into an analog signal. Post-conversion, the material can be then be copied and reconverted to a digital format.
Public domain and fair use: A quick guide to these two terms, and how to tell if they apply for material you want to use on Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Image copyright tags: for a list of common templates and categories for permissible and prohibited materials.
Example: Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or later Some people have complained that the GFDL is too hard to interpret and too hard for reusers of small works to comply with because the license can be longer than the work covered by the license.
Remember: please don't bite the newbies-- many copy-and-paste contributors may not understand that what they are doing is wrong, and some may turn into valuable contributors if educated rather than punished. You can use the user's talk page to discuss your concerns with them. The {{Uw-copyright-new}} template may be useful for this.
Someone copy-pastes the synopsis from IMDB. It is caught quickly, and rolled back to the revision before the copy-pasting occurred. All subsequent revisions containing the copyvio are reverted and revision deleted. Someone copy-pastes interface text from a permissively-licensed program.