User talk:Kizzycocoa

Replaceable fair use File:Jim Sterling Profile Image.png[edit]

Thanks for uploading File:Jim Sterling Profile Image.png. I noticed that this file is being used under a claim of fair use. However, I think that the way it is being used fails the first non-free content criterion. This criterion states that files used under claims of fair use may have no free equivalent; in other words, if the file could be adequately covered by a freely-licensed file or by text alone, then it may not be used on Wikipedia. If you believe this file is not replaceable, please:

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I see. I was trying to get the image up, but the problem was that I had no idea how to make sense of the legalease. It's pretty insane that a public video that is ad-free cannot be screenshot and used for a profile picture.

I've decided to try to contact Jim Sterling himself for explicit permission, then reupload the image. Hopefully that will work. But if there is another license it can be uploaded under, please point me to it. I have no idea how on earth to puzzle out the copyright system wikipedia has imposed. --Kizzycocoa (talk) 14:40, 4 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]