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You can use the map images, as they were created by the CIA, and thus are public domain. You should also credit the creators of images [[:Image:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Movie Trailer Screenshot (16).jpg|like this]], which are under copyright by multi-national corporations. -- [[User:Zanimum|Zanimum]] 07:09, 8 December 2006 (PST)
You can use the map images, as they were created by the CIA, and thus are public domain. You should also credit the creators of images [[:Image:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Movie Trailer Screenshot (16).jpg|like this]], which are under copyright by multi-national corporations. -- [[User:Zanimum|Zanimum]] 07:09, 8 December 2006 (PST)
:Nicholas, thank you for the follow-up. Two issues: (a) copyright, and (b) fair use. Right now, we're just cleaning up demonstration entries - including the copyright notice itself. (It's from another commercial information site we control.)
:We may decide to allow GFDL for non-Directory listings. (However, our goal is to not compete with [[Directory:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] as an excellent [[NPOV]] resource, so we don't anticipate a lot of energy being expended on the Main pages.) As to the Directory entries you noted above, these will either be modified/edited to such an extent to stand-alone as new material or qualify under fair-use provisions.
:Either way, the handful of demonstration entries are merely that: placeholders to demonstrate the (1) user-owned [[Centiare:Directory namespace|Directory]] features; and (2) [[semantic tagging]] capabilities. All new material will be unique to Centiare.
:By the way, congrats on your internship. If you haven't already seen it, we have a [[Centiare:Welcome Message|welcome message]] to Wikipedians explaining our background and objectives. For all I know, you may be working for one of our media clients up in the Toronto area. [[User:Centiare|Centiare]] 07:47, 8 December 2006 (PST)