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I hereby sign my name. Michael Power 2011 23:14, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Image upload

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Hi,
just a quick question, what kind of picture are you planning to upload?
Cheers, Amalthea 22:51, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Not a problem, I only have one right now and that is just a TV show with actress Laraine Day in her golden years. I thought it would be something could to contribute to her page because it shows the actress in question at a later point in her life. Thank you for doing this. Michael Power 2011 22:53, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Michaela Power 2011
Have I been approved yet?Michael Power 2011 22:54, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Michaela Power 2011
It's only been a minute since you answered here, please have some patience.
Am I understanding you correctly, this is an image from a TV show? I would assume that image is copyrighted. From when is it?
Amalthea 22:57, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Reply
Odd I thought I posted the response already. It is from 1985 Universal City Studios LLLP. Michael Power 2011 23:16, 26 March 2011 (UTC)
If it's owned by Universal City Studios LLLP and was taken in 1985 I don't see that we can use it here. Copyright won't have expired yet, and Wikipedia can generally use only free content (see Wikipedia:Image use policy). Amalthea 23:22, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Copyright law claims that after 10 years it's in the public domain. Plus the screenshot is something I took. Please approve me if for all else just to experiement with how to upload images to the site. Michael Power 2011 23:26, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Certainly not. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/302.html: "In the case of [...] a work made for hire, the copyright endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication, or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first." You taking a screenshot of such a copyrighted work creates a derivative work without added original expression, which means that copyright still fully lies with Universal Studios. Amalthea 23:39, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

I appreciate your telling me that, I don't want any trouble really I don't. Maybe I'm better off not uploading it and just pursuing other picture options. May I please be approved now? I am anxious to try and I promise I'll be good. Michael Power 2011 23:41, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

In the case you mentioned I would agree, uploading it would be copyright infringement.
I have marked your account as confirmed, you should now be able to upload images. Please make sure that you respect copyright, otherwise your images will have to be deleted. Also, any free images that would be useful for other language Wikipedias should actually be uploaded to WikiMedia Commons, where your account is also valid. Amalthea 23:46, 26 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, I promise to be on my best behavior and I will try to uphold the image laws of Wikipedia to the best of my ability. If I should falter I want to specify now that it is unintentional not intentional. Michael Power 2011 23:48, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

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My signature Michael Power 2011 23:00, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

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Okay, let me try again. Michael Power 2011 23:05, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

Am I almost approved yet? I don't mean to sound impatient really I don't. Michael Power 2011 23:11, 26 March 2011 (UTC)

March 2011

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L. Brooks

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Hi,
Which edition are your page references coming from? Varlaam (talk) 21:07, 27 March 2011 (UTC) I'm not quite sure which edition it is because there are quite a few biographies on her. I got the information from the book I got at my local library and it is entitled Louise Brooks: A Biography by Barry Lewis; here is the ISBN which I looked up online; 0816637814. If the information is incorrect then it was placed in error and I didn't mean to infringe or put down anything untrue. Michael Power 2011 21:13, 27 March 2011 (UTC)Reply

I believe you mean Barry Paris?
If you check the references section of the page, there are at least 3 editions. The pagination may or may not vary.
I think of Knopf 1989 as the standard one; that's the one I bought 20 years old.
Is your publisher Knopf or someone else?
Varlaam (talk) (Toronto)

I did mean Barry Paris, I guess I accidently mispelled the name. I looked the information up online and the publishing information states that the book was published on July 10, 2000 by the University of Minnesota Press. Michael Power 2011 21:29, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

That would be one of the 3 I mentioned.
If you're interested in a Brooksian side project, you might carry on the footnote consolidation I've begun which uses the {{Rp}} template.
Any interest?
Varlaam (talk)

That is a kind offer but no thank you. Michael Power 2011 21:35, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Malious Sourcing

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