Wikipedia Upload Warning!?

Question

On Wikipedia, I uploaded a picture. I wrote a description, I gave it the URL/Source of the website, I wrote the upload date, the Author (me), I wrote by Other Versions: No, and the Permission, I wrote This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. I also wrote If this file is eligible for relicensing, it may also be used under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 license.
The relicensing status of this image has not yet been reviewed. You can help, and I also wrote Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. I have not created the picture, its from a URL, and I gave the link. Now, it is listed on the 'Possibly unfree' list! Someone said: Uploader obviously does not own the copyright he claims for this image that can be found all over the internet by tineye. If you cannot prove it is freely licenced then it is copyright and should be deleted.

What do I have to do now? (the picture is a game console)

Answer 1

If you did not take the picture yourself you can not simply license it under a free license. Only the person who created the image can do that. They are the owner of the image, unless they have transferred their rights.



So when you put the source, and it turns out to be on a website, "Uploader obviously does not own the copyright he claims for this image that can be found all over the internet" seems to be a pretty reasonable conclusion and as you say "have not created the picture, its from a URL" that pretty much settles the matter. You don't own the image and cannot license it under a free license making it suitable for use on Wikipedia.

Answer 2

Picture of a game console? It is not a free image. The author of the console owns its copyright. If it can be used in an article, it could be fair use. Otherwise, it isn't.

Answer 3

If it is copyrighted you have to delete it. Suggest take your own photo then load that to comp, then upload.

cheers.