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'''Images''', which consist of photographs, paintings, and drawings, are uploaded to Conservapedia daily.  They fall into two main categories: those that are copyrighted, or those which are not.  Restrictions have to apply to all of them,

'''Images''', which consist of photographs, paintings, and drawings, are uploaded to Conservapedia daily.  They fall into two main categories: those that are copyrighted, or those which are not.  Restrictions have to apply to all of them,

==Copyrighted images==

==Copyrighted Images==

All images created after January 1923 are considered copyrighted by the creator/owner of the image unless their status has changed by owner action.  To use copyrighted images in Conservapedia, you '''must''' do the following:

All images created after January 1923 are considered copyrighted by the creator/owner of the image unless their status has changed by owner action.  To use copyrighted images in Conservapedia, you '''must''' do the following:

*On the image page, your first edit will be to identify the name of the image (such as from a painting), or the subject of it (as in a photograph); the place where the image was created; the date of the image creation, and the name of the person who created it.

*On the image page, your first edit will be to identify the name of the image (such as from a painting), or the subject of it (as in a photograph); the place where the image was created; the date of the image creation, and the name of the person who created it.

To be considered "fair use", you have to have a logical justification for uploading the image to Conservapedia.  If the picture is of a German shepherd dog, for example, the image should go in that article only and nowhere else.

To be considered "fair use", you have to have a logical justification for uploading the image to Conservapedia.  If the picture is of a German shepherd dog, for example, the image should go in that article only and nowhere else.

==Non-copyrighted images==

==Non-copyrighted Images==

These images are not copyrighted for the following reasons:

These images are not copyrighted for the following reasons:

*They were created prior to January 1923, and are ineligible for copyright under U.S. law;

*They were created prior to January 1923, and are ineligible for copyright under U.S. law;

'''If in doubt about the status of an image, assume it is copyrighted until proved otherwise.'''

'''If in doubt about the status of an image, assume it is copyrighted until proved otherwise.'''

==US Government tags==

==US Government Tags==

Tag for all images created by anyone in an official capacity in any United States governmental agency not related to the Department of Defense, the United States Armed Forces, or the United States Coast Guard.

Tag for all images created by anyone in an official capacity in any United States governmental agency not related to the Department of Defense, the United States Armed Forces, or the United States Coast Guard.