Certain templates can be used on articles and images to display the copyright information for that page, section or image. Using templates is preferable to manually writing the copyright information for reasons of completeness, categorisation, relevant links and updatability.
Articles[]
All articles on GTA Wiki fall under the GNU FDL (see copy). This means that anybody may use content from GTA Wiki for research purposes, either personal, commercial or for another site. However, content should not be copied directly to another site without gaining permission from a Manager first, on the Copyright discussion page. No copyright template is required for normal text.
The exceptions to this are mainly the quotes used in certain articles, and the names of companies and products - these are used on GTA Wiki in the belief that they qualify as fair use, and do not detract anything from the Copyright owners or impede their right to sell the Copyright material. For this reason, a copyright template is not required so long as the source is either mentioned or linked to on the same page, usually in the References section of an article.
Images[]
By default, images uploaded to GTA Wiki fall under the GNU FDL as applies for articles. However, different rules apply to images taken from other sources, or if the creator wishes to use a separate licence for their work. of Grand Theft Auto games are believed to be fair use, as they do not detract from the experience of playing the game, so does not replace the purchase of the game. All screenshots on GTA Wiki should use Template:Screenshot (except where a more specific template is available):
{{screenshot}}
For screenshots directly from the game, the appropriate templates for the game should be used instead.
| Game | Link | Template |
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| Grand Theft Auto | Template:GTA1 screenshot | {{gta1 screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto 2 | Template:GTA2 screenshot | {{gta2 screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto III | Template:GTAIII screenshot | {{gtaiii screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | Template:GTAVC screenshot | {{gtavc screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | Template:GTASA screenshot | {{gtasa screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto Advance | Template:GTAA screenshot | {{gtaa screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories | Template:GTALCS screenshot | {{gtalcs screenshot}}
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  This is an image of Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories - a copyrighted video game by Rockstar Games.
On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories | Template:GTAVCS screenshot | {{gtavcs screenshot}}
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  This is an image of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories - a copyrighted video game by Rockstar Games.
On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto IV | Template:gtaiv screenshot | {{gtaiv screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned | Template:TLAD screenshot | {{tlad screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| The Ballad of Gay Tony | Template:TBOGT screenshot | {{TBOGT screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto V | Template:gtav screenshot | {{gtav screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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| Grand Theft Auto Online | Template:gtao screenshot | {{gtao screenshot}}
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  On GTA Wiki, it is believed that the use of web-resolution images, for identification and critical commentary on the game in question or the copyrighted characters or items depicted on the image, qualifies as fair use under Copyright law, as such display does not significantly impede the right of the copyright holder to sell the copyrighted material, is not being used to generate profit in this context, and presents ideas that cannot be exhibited otherwise. To re-use this image, you must link back to this page. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
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If the creator of the work decides to remove all copyright restrictions on their work, allowing it to be reused or modified for any purpose, Template:No copyright should be used:
{{no copyright|author name}}
{{no copyright|Joe Bloggs}}
Joe Bloggs grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
{{no copyright|company name|company's relevance}}
{{no copyright|BBC|its owner}}
BBC grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
If the creator wishes to licence the image under the Creative Commons licence "Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales", it gives people the right to copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, but they must give the original author credit, not use it for commercial purposes and not alter, transform, or build upon it. The template for this is Template:Copyright, used as {{copyright|author}}<nowiki></code>, with <nowiki>[[internal]] and [http:// external links]</nowiki> allowed in the author field.
{{copyright|author}}
{{copyright|[[Rockstar Games]]}}
This image is Copyrighted to Rockstar Games under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 UK: England & Wales licence.
You are free to display this image, but you must give credit to Rockstar Games, and you are not allowed to use it for commercial purposes. You must not modify this image, nor use it to make any other images. Exceptions can be made with direct permission from the author.
See GTA Wiki:Copyright for more detail on our copyright policy.
