Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-14908162-20170725211413/@comment-26239285-20170727070430

Wikia policy is that any content we post should be freely usable by anyone. So if we post something here that is licenced, we are responsible that people copy it inappropriately.


 * "Although some fair use material may be included in our communities, FANDOM aims to be a repository of free content, so any wiki which would be primarily made up of fair use material rather than freely licensed material is not permitted. Examples include fan translations of copyrighted works, screenshots of television shows or games, or scans of comic book pages." (Ref., italics added)

(Technically, this wiki shouldn't exist at all because all song lyrics are copyright and only some are released under a CC or similar licence. However, no-one has complained so far, so let's assume that we can exist.)

Now Hazuki has stated in her licence conditions that her translations can be posted on wikis, but that there are restrictions on how they may be used. That conflicts with the intent of Wikia policy that we only post freely copiable content.

Therefore, we either follow strict Wikia policy and remove all translations whose licence more restrictive than Wikia default, or at least add a warning that there are restrictions on how readers can use the content.

In addition, since Hazuki has been upset by people using her material without crediting her, how do we know that it's not because people have found her translations here and assumed that the content is unrestricted? We might have inadvertently contributed to the problem.

Furthermore, I think it fair to support her, given that she has contributed so much time and effort in producing good quality work that we and so many others have appreciated.

Yes other translators have licence conditions, and that's the point of the template. Either we notify that the content we post is restricted or we do not post it. (Thinking about it, I probably should add a licence on Len's Lyrics ...)

Yes, some pages could have up to three templates now, but they're all there for a reason. Maybe we could think about how to make them a bit smaller?