Content Guidelines and Policies

• Freebase Contribution Guidelines
  Please do contribute to Freebase. You can upload data, add pieces of information ad hoc, edit entries that are inaccurate or incomplete and participate in discussions. Just bear in mind a few...
• Loading Data and Contributing Large Datasets
  If you have a large amount of data that you want to load into Freebase you should first have a schema designed for it. The Beginner's Guide to Creating Schemas is a good place to start if you haven't...
• Is That Appropriate Content?
  or Freebase is open to all kinds of user-contributed content, from discussions of the most esoteric aspects of schema and property creation to topics about your favorite bands. Occasionally,...
• Uploading Images under CC-BY
  When you upload an image to Freebase, one of the license options is  Creative Commons (by) aka CC-BY. CC-BY is a type of license that allows the distribution of content and...
• What is Public Domain?
  When you upload media content like images to Freebase, you're asked to indicate whether it's available for distribution under a license like CC-BY, or whether it's available under public domain or...
• What is Fair Use?
  Fair use refers to the reproduction of copyrighted works (such as written works, photographs, graphical images, sound recordings, and artworks) or portions of copyrighted works for scholarly or...

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  • Is That Appropriate Content?
  • Uploading Images under CC-BY
  • What is Public Domain?
  • What is Fair Use?