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* Owned private images are released by permission or by the owner. Images owned by Nintendo are used under fair use rationale. | * Owned private images are released by permission or by the owner. Images owned by Nintendo are used under fair use rationale. | ||
* The software that the site uses, [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], is owned by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation Wikimedia Foundation]. | * The software that the site uses, [http://www.mediawiki.org/ MediaWiki], is owned by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation Wikimedia Foundation]. | ||
* Nintendo, The Legend of Zelda | * Nintendo, ''The Legend of Zelda'', Zelda game titles, and their respective logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Nintendo Co., Ltd. | ||
==Image Copyright== | ==Image Copyright== | ||
A copyright tag must be chosen in the image upload form, or added later. The copyright for individual components of screenshots and artwork from Nintendo's games belongs to them. In the case of fan art, the copyright for the overall composition rests with the image creator, and is used with permission on Zelda Dungeon Wiki. The copyright for company logos belongs to those companies, but we are allowed to host them under United States law's "[[Wikipedia:Fair Use|fair use]]" doctrine. Other pictures are used under the fair use doctrine as well. | A copyright tag must be chosen in the image upload form, or added later. The copyright for individual components of screenshots and artwork from Nintendo's games belongs to them. In the case of fan art, the copyright for the overall composition rests with the image creator, and is used with permission on Zelda Dungeon Wiki. The copyright for company logos belongs to those companies, but we are allowed to host them under United States law's "[[Wikipedia:Fair Use|fair use]]" doctrine. Other pictures are used under the fair use doctrine as well. | ||