HymnWiki:Copyright
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General Information
- Users of this website may not upload copyrighted works without proper consent from the copyright owner.
- Users may not plagiarize copyrighted works. Even if the works are public domain, citing sources is a must. Do not assume anything is in the public domain. If you make a mistake, fix it! If you see a mistake, fix it! Cite sources for everything. If there are no sources, either find a source and add it, or erase the material. Tell how you came to have permission to post the content. Normally, one should cite the original publication (rather than a second-hand source). Stating the date of publication is helpful in determining whether it is public domain - for instance, if a hymn was published before 1923, it is public domain (the same is not necessarily true for a compilation).
- Users must cite copyrighted works (they should cite all works - but users must cite copyrighted works)
- Users must state the copyright of all hymns, songs, and poetry they put on HymnWiki. If you don't know it, you should not post it (though you may post information about it in its article).
- Make every attempt possible to verify the copyright information before posting. Make sure to list the copyright of anything you submit, and never submit anything you do not have the rights to submit. Generally speaking, a work is in the public domain if it was published in or before the year 1923.
- Content uploaded to HymnWiki retains its original copyright. HymnWiki is not responsible for the content uploaded, nor does HymnWiki claim rights to uploaded content (nor any content submitted to HymnWiki). HymnWiki is a non-profit website - not a company.
