User blog comment:SpiritAnimal/Instagram OC problems/@comment-1874924-20141122172119

Conker, Winston, that's not correct. It IS illegal.

All original content posted to Wikia is governed by the Creative Commons license. There are several versions; but under the standard CC-BY-SA form--the one that governs this wiki--people can use or even alter content without permission and for any purpose--even commercial purposes--but they must give attribution. In other words, these people posting Jacky's pictures on Instagram are legally required to tell where they got the pictures. (Though it's not actually plagiarism unless these people try to pass off the pictures as their own work.)

NOTE 1: On this wiki, we do require permission to use other people's content; but since that rule is not part of the Creative Commons license, it's only enforceable here.

NOTE 2: Reposting pictures that Jacky put on DeviantArt but did not repost on Wikia requires her permission, because DeviantArt gives full copyright protection to its content. DA doesn't operate under Creative Commons.

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