Missions rejected, despite having rights to use the image.
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Hello,
I submitted a missions trying to create a banner with an image I found on Internet. I asked the owner of the image if I can use it and explained what are Ingress Missions/Mosaiks and he has nothing against it (I can upload a screenshot from our E-Mail conversation). Unfortunately the missions got rejected with the following statement:
Your Mission may have one or more of the following issues:
- Use of an image or text that isn't yours or that you don't have rights to use or that consists of a logo
- Use of official Niantic logos or event names (NL1331, Mission Day, etc.)
- Use of Image or Text that claims the Mission as "official", otherwise implies it has special designation, or is endorsed by Niantic (e.g., "The Official Ingress London Mission")
Is there any possibility to get the missions accepted?
Thanks,
Nikolay
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Short version: YOU have permission to use the image. NIANTIC does not. And they will not risk a lawsuit by using this image in a commercial context.
Why does Niantic not have the permission to use the image?
Author of the image: "yes it's totally ok for you to use it for that purpose as long as you credit me just like you mentionned."
I see a lot of banner of games, animes, and movies being easily approved.
When I tried to submit banners with ingress anime and the ingress ifs pictures Ingot them both denied by this same reason.
I also did a montage with spider-man with a landscape picture of my city and it also got denied.
But them I went to ingressmosaik and saw the same ingress pictures I tried being part of banners and there is ton of banners with fictional characters...
You cannot credit someone on a mission. Use of real names, agent names etc is not allowed in mission descriptions.
I did it only on the description of the first mission. I will try with removing it.
I personally find the whole mission submission ironic. I've tried submitted somethings in the past, that clearly nor me or Niantic has the rights for the images but all the time they get rejected. I say okay, that was to be expected, but then, there are times that I log into the ingressmossaik site and I see banners like these and I'm like, copywhat????!!! Someone care to elaborate ?
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/52194
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/31934
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/54123
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/28337
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/48974
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/30590
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/53371
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/54438
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/54239
https://ingressmosaik.com/mosaic/48009
Just Niantic.... they dont know what they are making.
Fun Story: the 4th mission got approaved 5 minutes after submitting, all the others rejected. Twice.
I have no desire to submit everything again...
This process always feels very random. I doubt there's a legitimate problem with copyright or ownership. We get these messages on random circles of home drawn material, on one completely black circle of a banner, on all manner of material that is no threat. It's very frustrating, but you are not alone.
Some of those look like fanart.