Talk:San Juan (card game)

message: I seem to have created confusion. The image in the infobox "SanJuanGameCards.jpg" didn't just mysteriously disappear or anything. It was tagged as a copyright violation (being pretty obviously just a scan of copyright-protected card images) and removed from Commons for that reason. An image illustrating the game that fell under fair use and had a proper fair use justification would be great, of course. --Stellmach 18:04, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: How did the image fail fair use? (Or is the issue just that it needs a different license and should be posted here rather than in the Commons?) Also, I believe that an arrangement of elements is considered "more than just a scan" and therefore qualifies as originally specified. AmbientArchitecture 18:15, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: With no intent to offend, it hadn't even occurred to me to think of arranging the cards in a grid as an artistic reinterpretation of the content or anything. So, I'm a bit doubtful of putting the image in the category of a collage. Even there, judging only by Wikipedia's article on the topic (not a lawyer) there still seem to be issues. In any case, I read the image (and suspect others would read it) not as such, but as simply a copy of the cards. And that's probably very germaine to whether it's considered fair use. I am keen to get an image that can be used in all confidence, as it would improve the article. --Stellmach 18:59, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

text: It isn't worth arguing that one. In any case, the relevant question is the first one: would posting on Wikipedia (rather than on Wikimedia) under fair use solve your problem? Or are scans not subejct to fair use? AmbientArchitecture 20:28, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  I don't see the bearing of where it's posted or what device is used to capture the image; the issue I see is that it's simply a duplicate image a copyright work (or a series of them, strictly speaking). There are certainly fair uses for such things that I'm aware of (book covers to illustrate the book in question, for example); just none that I know of in this case.  The current image (showing a layout of cards in play, at some distance from the card faces) seems worlds better in this respect, as well as of more illustrative value. --Stellmach 01:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

text: Sorry, I think you misunderstood the question. I was asking for a clarification of the policy you are enforcing. The problem seems to be that fair use images are not allowed on Wikimedia Commons, so the deleted image is clearly inappropriate there (assuming you are correct in your assessment of its copyright status, which I don't think is worth arguing about). Wikipedia, however, does accept copyrighted images under fair use, so that was my question: would the same image, in your view, qualify here as a fair use post, or is there something in Wikipedia policy that precludes that? AmbientArchitecture 02:38, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Ah. Short answer: I don't know. Longer answer: I don't know all of the grounds for claiming fair use. The fact that I don't know one doesn't mean there isn't one. --Stellmach 15:51, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: BTW, how is the current (inferior) image less of a fair use issue than the one you nuked?   — Aldaron • T/C   21:13, 18 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Copyright

message: I believe this should be merged into Puerto Rico (board game) since its based on it and neither page has chances of getting to GA by themselves. - Caribbean~H.Q. 22:30, 25 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger tag

message: :Image:San Juan cradgame.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Wikipedia:Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.
If there is  other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page.  Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.
BetacommandBot (talk) 04:48, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. -Stellmach 17:51, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:San Juan cradgame.jpg