A legal concept known as "Copyright" was established to protect persons' creative works from being duplicated and distributed without their agreement, as well as from misrepresenting such works as one's own. It is a form of intellectual property that provides individuals, groups, or businesses exclusive rights to their creative works as soon as they become publicly available. This legal protection allows creators to control the reproduction and circulation of their creations.
The text on this site is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 4.0, commonly referred to as CC-BY-SA.
By providing content to this site, individuals agree to the condition that all submissions are automatically licensed for public use, allowing any individual or organization to use the material across various platforms.
Terms[]
The following two terms are outlined for both contributors and users of the content, which must be strictly followed. Non-compliance may lead to disciplinary measures imposed by the site's administration and, in some cases, may also result in legal consequences, considering the sensitivity of copyright issues.
- Content should not be copied from any source that does not provide a public domain license. Even if the text is accessible from a source that allows public use without copyright issues, it should only be used as a reference and must be expressed in your own words when incorporated here.
- Any person or organization that engages in the following activities must appropriately acknowledge this site and adhere to the CC-BY-SA license:
- Copying and pasting content from this site onto another platform,
- Citing content from this site in written form,
- Referencing content from this site verbally.
It is necessary that the article or information used is clearly identified in their message, whether in written or spoken form.
Image guidelines[]
Images are subject to individual licensing, and any that infringe copyright rules will be deleted. Images copied from other Pokémon sites are strictly prohibited, as we highly prefer GNU FDL or public domain ones.
Everyone is required to include copyright information on the image description page of any image they upload. Images and other uploaded files can be published under an alternative free license or used in accordance with fair use guidelines.
Images must have one of these license tags:
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
{{Fair Use}}
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The "Fair Use" template is used on most files: it is used to tag an image that passes the U.S. copyright laws. Images from games, manga, anime or any other official media should be tagged with this template. Self-made images can be tagged with this license. |
{{Public Domain}}
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If the image is released in "Public Domain" or its license has expired, it should be tagged with PD template. |
{{From Wikimedia}}
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Wikimedia template tags an image taken from a different Wikimedia. Preferably, linking to the source is permitted. |
{{Cc-by-sa-4.0}}
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The "Cc-by-sa-4.0" denotes that an image comes under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License. |
{{Undefined}}
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The undefined template simply means that the source is unknown. This template should be avoided. |
Contacting site administration[]
In the following two scenarios, we kindly request that you reach out to one or more administrators of this site so that we may investigate the issue and address it promptly:
- If you are the original creator of content that is being used here without your prior consent.
- If you have discovered any content that infringes upon someone's copyright and wish to have it removed.
Alternatively, you may reach out to a designated agent at FANDOM for any matters concerning copyright infringements.
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