Board Thread:Community Decisions/@comment-24510587-20191026212603/@comment-17114085-20191026234902

You say that but the Star Wars Fanon wiki allows you to upload any third party images as long as they are correctly sourced. They don't require you to get permission from the original author as long as you link him and the wiki treats all third party images as Fair Use and use that template in those images. They are certainly not as strict on the usage of images as the 40k Fanon Wiki. Have a quick look through these images and you can easily pick out dozens of third party images that were used without the permission of the original author. Meanwhile, they do have a second category for images that were used with the permission of the original artist: [here https://swfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Fair_use_images_used_with_permission].

As even Wikia states, most of the content on their site counts under the usage of fair use. Fair use is not image theft. Image theft would be using an image and claiming it as your own or trying to sell another artist's work. From a quick google search you can find articles discussing Fair Use and how it applies to images. To copy what I wrote on the discord, Fair Use is determined under 4 conditions:
 * Purpose: Why you are using the image
 * If the image is being used for non-commercial purposes falls under fair use.
 * Nature of Use: If the work was a creative piece or a factual piece
 * A bit murky with images as they are a creative art form, but as long as the image is published (i.e.: a finished work) and the source of the image is public content this shouldn't be a problem.
 * Amount/Substaintiality: How much of the work was used or if it was transformed in any way
 * For images you’re using a thumbnail and linking to the original location, there is greater likelihood of finding fair use.
 * Market Effect: How your use of the image will impact the author's wallet
 * As long as the author isn't selling the image this won't matter