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:::Alright, I'll do my best. If I can just push to topic a bit farther, I know a lot of people use Creative Commons, but that is something which must be registered with the organization, right? In other words, unlike general copyright, I can't just make something and claim Creative Commons copyright on it, can I? Thanks again!--[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|talk]]) 12:14, 24 February 2016 (EST)
:::Alright, I'll do my best. If I can just push to topic a bit farther, I know a lot of people use Creative Commons, but that is something which must be registered with the organization, right? In other words, unlike general copyright, I can't just make something and claim Creative Commons copyright on it, can I? Thanks again!--[[User:DavidB4|David B]] ([[User talk:DavidB4|talk]]) 12:14, 24 February 2016 (EST)
::::No. When you create an image or a writing (for example, take a photograph, draw a picture or write a sentence), a copyright is automatically created and you own it. You can sell the copyright completely, or license the use of the image or writing under a contract. Instead of everyone running around negotiating one-on-one to license their copyright, an organization Creative Commons have come up with some standard licensing agreements. So, when you upload an image to Flickr, you can designate the terms that you have licensed other people to use your image. All images uploaded to Wikipedia Commons are licensed under a CC agreement. You can download images from Wikipedia Commons or certain images from Flickr (that have the CC license selected) and then upload them to Conservapedia because the CC license gives us permission to do that. Everything that you create that you upload or type into Conservapedia is licensed by you. Some CC licenses require you to attribute the source of the image. It is your job to check the attribution requirements of each image and to properly attribute the image when you fill out the upload page.
::::Do not assume that every image on the internet is in the public domain. For example, a week ago, another user found a cute magnetic ribbon being sold on the internet for people to stick on their cars. He downloaded the advertised image to his computer and then uploaded it to Conservapedia to decorate an article, thinking that nobody would catch him. (It was obvious because the source URL was a part of the image.) Aschlafly caught him and deleted the copyrighted image.
::::Following copyright laws protect Conservapedia in two ways: it prevents us from being sued for damages and it keeps spammers from uploading their images to promote their own products or books. Most images you see in ads or book covers are probably not available on a CC license. Thanks, [[User:JDano|JDano]] ([[User talk:JDano|talk]]) 13:09, 24 February 2016 (EST)