Editing Encyclopedia:Image use policy (section)

====Legal issues====
There are a variety of non-copyright laws which may affect the photographer, the uploader and/or the [[:Wikimedia:Home|Wikimedia Foundation]], including [[defamation]], [[personality rights]], [[trademark]] and [[privacy]] rights. Because of this, certain uses of such images may still be prohibited without the agreement of the depicted person, or the holder of other non-copyright related rights.

Defamation may arise not only from the content of the image itself but also from its description and title when uploaded. An image of an identified unknown individual may be unexceptional on its own, but with the title "''A drug-dealer''" there may be potential defamation issues in at least some countries.

Another factor to consider is the established reliability and past respect for copyright of the source of publication of a photo. Some tabloid newspapers and magazines have had legal issues with respect of original copyright for sake of getting their stories out, and images from such sources may be problematic to use on Wikipedia for both legal and moral reasons.

There are a limited number of types of images that are illegal as they are not considered protected speech within the United States' First Amendment, such as child pornography. These images are unacceptable under [[wmf:Terms of Use/en|the Wikimedia Foundation's terms of use]], and may never be uploaded to any Wikimedia server. Users who attempt to upload such images will likely be [[metawiki:WMF Global Ban Policy|banned from use of any Wikimedia Foundation server.]]