WiKirby:Copyrights

Generally speaking, a copyright is a legal right given to a person or organization to prevent unauthorized use or distribution of their public works. Images, phrases, music, or even coding styles can fall under copyright, and the owner or owners can choose to pursue those suspected of stealing or otherwise improperly using their "intellectual property". Here at WiKirby, we strive to respect copyright law at all points in our articles, user-spaces, and talk pages. We believe that our coverage and use of official content from Nintendo falls under "Fair use" laws as defined in the United States of America.

For more information regarding these subjects, check these Wikipedia pages:

Text

All text on WiKirby is freely reusable for educational purposes via the GNU Free Documentation License. Anyone is able to copy, modify, and redistribute text released under this license. Therefore, when you submit an edit to WiKirby, you agree to allow what you wrote to be copied, modified, and redistributed as well.

WiKirby strives to be an original source of information regarding the Kirby series. As such, we take plagiarism very seriously, regardless of the source. When using text from any source other than the writer's own original work, proper attribution must be used. This can be as simple as using quotation marks or italics over a phrase and specifying its source in plain writing, or using a citation or the {{Quote}} template. Attribution must be sufficiently detailed such that the reader can easily find the source using the reference(s).

Images

Such images are not permitted:

Artwork by someone other than the editor or Nintendo (unless granted permission by the author or if it is in the public domain)
Hotlinked images

Editors can post the following images:

Images directly from Nintendo
Images from approved affiliates of WiKirby
Drawings made by the editor, or by someone else with their permission

Audio

Such audio are not permitted:

Audio clips from any source other than the editor or Nintendo (unless granted permission by the author or if it is in the public domain)

Editors can post the following audio:

Sound effects or voice clips directly from Nintendo
Music directly from Nintendo under 30 seconds length (longer clips must be cut appropriately, see WiKirby:Audio standards)
Audio composed by the editor, or by someone else with their permission

Video

Such videos are not permitted:

Videos not from the editor or Nintendo (unless granted permission by the author or if it is in the public domain)
Nintendo gameplay videos which contain extensive editing, voice-overs, or other alterations (speedruns and superplays generally fall under this criteria)

Editors can upload or link to the following videos:

Videos created by the editor, including unedited and uncommentated gameplay footage
Videos which mirror unedited content from Nintendo
Videos otherwise disbarred, with the original creator's permission

Editors cannot upload, but can link to, the following videos:

Videos showing unedited and uncommentated Nintendo gameplay footage, not created by the editor (longplays and walkthroughs generally fall under this criteria)
Videos which are otherwise allowed, but do not fall under the filesize limit

For more information about videos, including what may or may not be uploaded directly to WiKirby, see the video policy.

Copyright templates

When uploading images or audio that fall under copyright, it is recommended to use the appropriate license and type parameters in the {{Aboutfile}} template. A few examples of common types are as follows:

screenshot - A parameter for marking screenshots taken from games or another source.
officialscreenshot - A parameter for any screenshot that was taken and released by Nintendo or HAL Laboratory.
artwork - A parameter for any artwork related to the Kirby series or another Nintendo IP, in-game or otherwise.
audio - A parameter for any audio files from Nintendo IPs, in-game or otherwise.
boxart - A parameter for any video game box art.
sprite - A parameter for any unofficially ripped in-game sprite images.
model - A parameter for any unofficially ripped in-game model images.
photo - A parameter for any photograph of a subject from the real world, including merchandise images.
video - A parameter for any video clip which has been directly uploaded to WiKirby, as opposed to merely being linked to.