Board Thread:Community Announcements and Events/@comment-4544033-20150130025949/@comment-1251315-20150201183252

How can you "steal" from a site that uses copyrighted images (which we also use [not directly from them]) and freely reusable text? I'd like to know how anything can be considered "stolen" when the images are copyrighted to Bethesda and the text is copyrighted to nobody in particular o.O

Whether you realise it or not, all text on UESP is reusable. That is what the license terms state. They use the same license type that we use, which allows users to copy it and reuse it with attribution. The images are copyrighted to Bethesda but can be used in a project under Fair Use clauses.

Yes, you are right that it's not a good idea because it would be pointless. However, you missed my point: you CAN do it because it's ALLOWED. I did make it clear that it shouldn't be done but NOT because of any restrictive license but because this wiki would be useless if it just consisted of copied content.

At least I understand the legal aspects of this, and that's what I was trying to put across here. Obviously people decided to take a fit instead. >_>