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    Some athletic logos - copyrightable?

    I think I've just been staring at logos for too long, but any chance I can get some feedback as to which if any of these three logos are creative enough to be non-free as opposed to {{PD-textlogo}} or the like? VernoWhitney (talk) 20:45, 20 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Thanks all. On second review I agree, Alcorn is borderline so it stays non-free to be on the safeside, and if there's an objection to me retagging the Wordmark as non-free it'll just go through PUF. Cheers. VernoWhitney (talk) 23:29, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    MORE ABOUT A SPYROGERA

    WHAT ARE SPYROGERA ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.0.7.2 (talk) 14:45, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Wrong place to ask, but do you mean Spyro Gyra?--ukexpat (talk) 16:11, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    How to tell if image is in public domain

    Because I cannot find an obviously-free image of the old fountain of Cambridge Market Square, I think this image illustrates it well:

    http://www.british-towns.net/england/eastern/cambridgeshire/cambridge/cambridge/album/cambridge-market-hill

    but I cannot tell if it's still under copyright. As I understand, under UK law, it becomes public domain 70 years after the death of the creator, but if he/she is anonymous, it's 70 years after the image's creation (1999 as the website lists that as 1929). Is that correct?

    Without too much effort, how can a layman tell who the author is and when he/she died, or if he/she can be considered anonymous?

    Thanks, cmɢʟee☎✉ 19:44, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    if the old fountain no longer exists, you can make a fair use claim. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 19:53, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Smile-detection photographs

    As far as I understand, the creator of a photograph is the person who triggers its capture, even if the camera belongs to someone else.

    If I have a camera with smile-detection which triggers the shutter only when everyone is smiling, that implies that the last person to smile is the creator. How does one then prove which person smiled last?

    cmɢʟee☎✉ 19:58, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    You're getting into questions of copyright law, and we don't give legal guidance, and I am not a lawyer; but I would argue that the photographer in the case of any such programmed equipment is the person who set up the program for this shot, the one who made the settings and set the parameters under which the shutter release is triggered. --Orange Mike | Talk 20:08, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Oh wow, for a second I thought you were arguing the programmer was the owner.--SPhilbrick(Talk) 19:04, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Changing "non-free" media status

    I have uploaded an image and apparently I stated that it was "non-free" when in fact it is free - how do I change the status for the image? AlexAndrews (talk) 09:43, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    This is about File:Plan of Trinity College, Oxford Grounds.jpg, right? You said there that Alastair Johnson of Trinity College granted permission for the image's use in the Wikipedia article. If he granted permission only for use in Wikipedia, that is not enough. Since Wikipedia has a goal of producing reusable content, we require a free license, which allows reuse by anyone for anything. If he granted that such a free license, see WP:COPYREQ for how to handle it.
    If he did grant such a free license, you can modify the file description page, changing the non-free tag to the free license tag for the specific license he granted, and replacing the non-free use rationale with an information block. —teb728 t c 23:23, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    I would like to write a Wikipedia article called "Ideological Leanings of the Supreme Court of the United States". In that article, I plan to reference the work of many scholars who have been calculating the ideological lean of the justices. This is a field of study that has grown enormously in the last decade and produced some very solid information. The scholarship includes:

    Andrew D. Martin and Kevin M. Quinn. 2002. "Dynamic Ideal Point Estimation via Markov Chain Monte Carlo for the U.S. Supreme Court, 1953-1999." Political Analysis. 10:134-153. http://adm.wustl.edu/media/pdfs/pa02.pdf http://mqscores.wustl.edu/media/pa02.pdf

    "Measuring Court Preferences, 1950 - 2011: Agendas, Polarity and Heterogeneity," by Michael A. Bailey�, Department of Government and Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University, August, 2012 http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/baileyma/CourtPref_July2012.pdf

    As part of this article, I would like to include graphs I have created in Excel of the data produced by Martin & Quinn and Bailey showing the change in ideological position of each justice over time. The graphs I have prepared are colorful, with one color for each of the Supreme Court justice seats, and showing the complex evolution of the Court over time (Martin & Quinn: terms beginning in September from 1937 to 2011; Bailey: calendar years from 1950 to 2011).

    The data is publicly available and easily downloadable:

    Martin and Quinn: http://mqscores.wustl.edu/measures.php Bailey: http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/baileyma/Data/Data_Measuring1950to2011_June2012.htm

    The Martin and Quinn data has already been displayed in one form in the New York Times:

    "Supreme Court May Be Most Conservative in Modern History," by Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight, New York Times, March 29, 2012. http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/29/supreme-court-may-be-most-conservative-in-modern-history/

    I have several questions about doing this:

    1. Is it ok for me to upload these graphs to Wikipedia? I have created the graphs and I'm happy to make them be public domain. But the data was created by these researchers and reflects their hard work. I will, of course, include a statement that says "Source data: " with their names and a link to the data so it is clear who created it.

    2. Do I need to get permission from Martin & Quinn and Bailey before I do this? Or can I proceed without permission? I could send them a courtesy note afterwards (so they would understand if they got inquiries and so they could alert me as they update the data).

    Please let me know if this is legally permissible and also what the etiquette is in such a situation. I would like to make this data widely accessible, but I don't want to offend anyone or do anything illegal.

    Randy Schutt (talk) 17:42, 22 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    It sounds like you have made up the presentation of the data yourself. And not copied someone else's graph. In that case you own the copyright and can release under public domain or CC-0 if you wish. No permission is needed from the source of the data. Te data itself cannot be copyrighted, just the presentation of it. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:16, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    uploading an image

    I'm really confused about uploading an image to Wikipedia. I am trying to find an image to upload for a page I created for Solomon Asch, and they seem to be copyrighted when I just search on google for it. Can I e-mail the owner of the image and ask to use their image? It really doesn't matter what image it is. I just want some type of image with the article. What is the best way to go about this?

    — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marissa1230 (talk • contribs) 05:23, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Most images you find on the internet will be copyright to someone, so you can't use them. If you can determine who the copyright holder of an image is, and that may not be the owner of the image, you can ask them to release it under a free licence, which means that anyone can use it for anything. Restrictions, like non-commercial use or Wikipedia-only are no use to us either. You would need to have them verify their permission by emailing our OTRS team by following the procedure found at WP:CONSENT.
    I see that the subject Solomon Asch is deceased, so you may have a fair-use claim for the use of a copyright image but first you should make every attempt to find a freely licenced image. You may also find it useful to read my image copyright information page which should reduce your confusion. ww2censor (talk) 08:39, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Thank you for your help! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marissa1230 (talk • contribs) 09:07, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Denis Mahon

    Greetings! Can someone help me with the copyright status of http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01882/mahon_1882936b.jpg ? Thank you--94.65.26.121 (talk) 12:13, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    For whatever it may be worth, http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/culture-obituaries/art-obituaries/8481701/Sir-Denis-Mahon.html (which is a much more helpful link than your raw jpg) credits the photo to “Sir Denis Mahon at the National Gallery in London. On the left is Guido Reni's 'Rape of Europa', which he had bought in 1945 for 85 guineas Photo: IAN JONES” So Ian Jones is the person to ask for a free license. —teb728 t c 22:45, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    File:Adm.logo.jpg

    Is this logo eligible for copyright in the UK and elsewhere? --George Ho (talk) 18:52, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    I do not believe even in the UK that would be considered sufficient, it's clearly just a typeface - no alterations done to the letters or anything. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 19:56, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Photos from Flickr

    Are they free? I am asking this because there's a picture credited to Flickr of Justin Bieber receiving a medal from Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Thank you. Keeeith (talk) 21:00, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    some images on flickr are appropriate licensed. some are not. some claim to be appropriately licensed but are not. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 21:08, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Look at the section "license" to the right of the photo. When it says "all rights reserved", as in this photo, it means that the photo is not free and does not have a license. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:20, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    This is the picture, can anybody help me find the copyright? Keeeith (talk) 21:27, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Please read the answer above. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:57, 25 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Image at Covance

    File:Covance_Undercover_1.jpeg does not appear to meet the criteria for fair use, but as I am not familiar with the finer points of fair use here, I would appreciate other eyes. Thanks, a13ean (talk) 00:25, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Most of the fair use rationale is here, but not the bit that shows how it aids reader understanding. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:08, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Panorama of freedom in Russia - help needed

    Hello,

    I would like to know whether the images at List of churches in Moscow are copyright infringements. And does the list meet point 5? Regards. --Tomcat (7) 11:25, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    File:Kazan Cathedral in Red Square.jpg is not free and should be deleted. I'm not sure on the others. Russian copyright ends 70 years after the death of the creator so we'd need to find out when the architects died. Ryan Vesey 12:59, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    I would like to a photograph to a biographical article. The copyright for the photograph is held by another party, who has given permission to post the photograph on wikipedia, but would like to retain the copyright. The image serves two purposes: 1. a portrait of the individual in the article, 2. Connects the individual to an important historical person, who has a wikipedia article. No other free image substitute exists. What is the appropriate copyright tag template for this photograph? Henry Heydenryk, Jr. (talk) 18:29, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    (off topic) - i think that you mean to be editing under your User:Est1845 account. You should scramble the password of the HH Jr account so you don't get confused. -- TRPoD aka The Red Pen of Doom 18:36, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    If they only want to license this picture for Wikipedia, then we still use it under non-free criteria. It may be legal to upload a high resolution version for example, but it would not be possible for subsequent users, so we do not permit such a license only. Follow the non free use criteria if they are applicable. With the CC-BY-SA license however the other party still retains copyright, but has granted rights for others to use with attribution or modify it. The owner can still sell it or better quality version for use without attribution for example. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:26, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    NFCC #3 requires the lowest resolution possible for a non-free image. Ryan Vesey 20:56, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Is File:New old presto.JPG Free?

    File:New old presto.JPG is tagged as PD-self, cc-by-sa-3.0 and GFDL. It is a reproduction of product packaging (orange juice cartons), even though the brand is defunct is the design work still copyrighted? Note that the image is flagged for transfer to Commons and this should not happen while this question remains open. Thryduulf (talk) 22:02, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Its a picture of the genuine labels that are in my possession, its not a reproduction of any original design work but a genuine picture of these labels, one of which is over 25 years old. Please feel free to use my picture. Fantaboy 23:16, 26 November 2012 (CET)

    Actually, as I understand copyright law (and my understanding may not be correct), your photograph would probably be considered a derivative work of the label artwork. If it is (and I may be wrong) then both the labels might need to be usable under a free license or in the public domain, and I have no idea whether this would be the case or not. Thryduulf (talk) 23:09, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Also I guess File:Prestobag.jpg and File:Hintons.jpg might fall into the same category? Thryduulf (talk) 23:14, 26 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Copyrighted non-U.S. images that fall below threshold of US originality

    According to WP:NFC, any non-U.S. copyrighted work may be copyrighted in the United States. Is that true? If so, should the category of non-U.S. images exist? --George Ho (talk) 04:38, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    I believe that is a mistake with WP:NFC. URAA grants copyright status to works that weren't copyrighted in the US due to failure to meet formalities like not having a copyright notice, not being registered with the copyright office, or not being renewed. If it fails to meet the threshold of originality, copyright status will not be applied. Ryan Vesey 04:48, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    However, doesn't the Berne Convention maintain that the U.S. respects copyright applied in the country of origin, despite U.S. own copyright laws? That is, if something is validly copyrighted in its own country, doesn't U.S. law respect the original copyright? --Jayron32 04:52, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm going off of [1] which states that US only respects the original copyright in the cases mentioned above. Ryan Vesey 05:00, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    No, your statement is exactly backward. The Berne Convention, as implemented by the US Congress, extends copyright protections in the US to foreign works only if an equivalent work published in the US by a US citizen would be eligible for copyright protection. The US extends no protections to foreign works when comparable domestic works would be copyright exempt. In other words, foreign nationals can get the same rights in US courts that US citizens would have, but no additional protections. Non-US images that fall below US standards of copyright are entitled to no copyright protection in the US. Dragons flight (talk) 06:38, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah. Thanks for clarifying. --Jayron32 07:18, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    In that case, may we change WP:NFC now? --George Ho (talk) 07:25, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Could you be more specific about which part of NFC has a problem? Dragons flight (talk) 07:29, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    From WP:NFC#In general: "Anything published in other countries and copyrighted there, is copyright in the United States." --George Ho (talk) 07:33, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    That line was first inserted into the page by this edit (with a slightly different wording). I agree that it looks like a mistake. -- Asclepias (talk) 17:03, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Just to follow through a bit, this discussion vindicates that category. Clearly if they are in copyright in the US they shouldn't be on the encyclopedia. Ergo, this category is a "Do not move to Commons" category of files that a re out of copyright in the US but in copyright in their source country. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 17:21, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Solati Trio

    • I uploaded an image for which I don't know the correct copyright tag and would like some help figuring it out.
    Flyer for The Solati Trio
    I got this scan from one of the performers in the event and she doesn't know who originally created this but it does not have any copyright information anywhere. And I doubt anyone will care if I use it since it's only for informational purpose and not for profit by any means. How do I find the correct tag and information to put on the image so that it's accepted by Wikipidia?
    Another image I need to use on my article is this one:
    Solati Trio Group Photo
    And I also don't know if the copyright tag is correct.
    Cguibas (talk) 05:18, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    If the copyright is unknown and you cannot justify public domain, then it is unfree here. You can attempt to justify a non free use criterion or ten, but it can only be used on an article, must aid reader understanding, and not be replaceable amoungst other criteria. read WP:NFCC to see what it takes. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:29, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Warship plans

    Hi folks, I'm hoping this will be a simple one. I have found scanned plans of São Paulo, presumably made before construction (they are stamped with the constructors' seal). That would put the creation date somewhere between 1907 and 1910. Are they in the public domain, a.k.a. does that count as being published? Or are they more similar to artwork, which would need to be documented in a pre-1923/70+ years ago published work first? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 11:16, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Well, keeping the claims with respect to the country of origin and the US separate, with respect to the latter that would be insufficient by itself to constitute publication: "Publication has a technical meaning in copyright law. According to the statute, “Publication is the distribution of copies or phonorecords of a work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display constitutes publication. A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication.” Generally, publication occurs on the date on which copies of the work are first distributed to the public." (here). That link has some further details (which I haven't read, but we're some way from their definition as it stands; I'm guessing that we didn't open military plans to the public). So that leaves other avenues necessary - with the scant information you mention, any of those could be difficult. Grandiose (me, talk, contribs) 11:28, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Ah, it was simple, just not in the way I wanted it to be. These plans were produced in the UK, but the first hurdle here is US law anyway. I will search for an earlier publication; I've only found the plans in a 1988 journal article and this 1998 book so far, so obviously those are far too late. Thanks! Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 13:36, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Image from old film - restored

    There is an image that I would like to use for an article - which could also be useful for another related article. This image is a still from a 1919 movie, and as such, should not be a copyvio. However, the film was formerly considered a "lost" film - a copy was found, and the film was "restored" and released. Presumably, the image is from the restored version.

    My question is, in general, would a restored copy of a non-copyrighted (public domain) film be considered a derivative work, and would that mean that an image from said film could be copyrighted? - (I can provide specifics, depending on the answer to the general question). ~Thanks, ~Eric F:74.60.29.141 (talk) 19:04, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    There's no great general answer since it depends entirely upon what was involved in the restoration. Specifically, how much creativity was involved (since in the U.S. sheer effort alone doesn't contribute to copyrightability). If it was something like a straightforward transfer from old technology (e.g. film) to new technology (e.g. digital storage), then it should still be PD. On the other hand, the Copyright Office has found that depending upon the method, the colorization of black-and-white films could be allow for copyrightable derivative works if they included "a certain minimum amount of individual creative human authorship". So if the restoration involved humans (not just computers) doing something like inbetweening to replace damaged segments of the film and rebalancing faded colors then it could very well be copyrighted. VernoWhitney (talk) 20:22, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Okay, it looks as though I need to be specific. Since I am a non-registered editor, I am intending to request the following photo be uploaded, but wouldn't want anybody to go to the effort only to have it be unusable.
    This JPEG:[2] - from this site:[3] - taken from Fritz Lang's 1919 German film:[The Spiders (Die Spinnen)] - for use on "Early film history" part of 'In film and television' section of:[Cultural depictions of spiders] article (and possibly elsewhere). See also, perhaps: 2012 Kino Classics DVD edition ~ E:74.60.29.141 (talk) 07:20, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Description: Image from The Spiders (film) by Fritz Lang, 1919 (Weimar Republic) Production: Decla-Bioscop AG; Decla-Film-Gesellschaft Holz & Co.

    URL: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/images/reviews/277/1331444669_3.png

    License: {{PD-US-1923-abroad}} This image is in the public domain in the United States because it was first published outside the United States prior to January 1, 1923.

    Link To License Information: ←? ? ?

    Author/Copyright Holder's Name: ←? ? ?

    Article To Be Used On/Reason For Upload: Cultural depictions of spiders / to illustrate depiction of spiders in early film history, as an example relating to film mentioned

    74.60.29.141 (talk) 19:28, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello, We are the legal owners of the following image http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Missoula_Panorama_2.jpg

    The "Higgins Street Panorama" was photographed in 2005 and posted in our website MontanaPictures.Net http://www.montanapictures.net/missoula_montana_higgins.htm

    The panorama was posted on Wiki by someone without our permission. Now the image is being used for commercial purposes on You Tube. (See link below) We insist the image be removed from Wiki. Thank you

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRsMSZvyKPo&feature=plcp — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smithriver (talk • contribs) 20:49, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    The image is actually over at Commons, but I have gone ahead and filed a copyvio report there for the image, based on this statement. (see [[4]]). --MASEM (t) 20:57, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Most images that had been uploaded by this uploader have been deleted for copyright violation. You may want to look at the few files that are still blue-linked in his log and see if they come from your website. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:22, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    UK Foreign and Commonwealth video screenshot

    Hi, I'm looking for an image for Shadia Mansour.

    This page [5] has this image. It's a screenshot from a Youtube Video produced the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which is under a Crown Copyright. The page was produced by the Government Olympic Communication Newsroom: News and media resources for journalists covering London 2012. Can we use this image as it is consistent with the Open Government License ([6][7])? I know it's a small image and there's probably a better way to get a full screenshot for the video, but it would be a start and establish that the source is ok to use in general. Thanks! Ocaasi t | c 20:53, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    I would say yes, since http://goc2012.culture.gov.uk/crown-copyright/ clearly states "You may use and re-use the information featured on this website (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence." It doesn't often get more straightforward than that. VernoWhitney (talk) 21:01, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks Verno! I will upload it. Ocaasi t | c 22:52, 27 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    need help -- Clarifications on Copyright

    Hi, I am not sure whether the screenshots of the Malwares like Winwebsec or some Ransomwares like (FBI pop up virus) are protected by Copyright. I have some some screenshots of Virus infections which are really usefull as educational tools. It can be used in wikipedia articles related to Computer Security. --RAT -.- Poke it 05:30, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    They would still be copyrighted, even if owner is unknown. Could be used under fair use on an article on that malware though. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:35, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Image took from a film promotion event

    I used to pro about copyright, but it was a long time ago. So, if my friend took an image of artist who join an film promotion event, and that image includes some posters of the film in background (like this), is that image a free image for Wikipedia?--Lê talk-contributions 08:01, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

    Well your friend would have to release a free license and provide some evidence of that. Also for that image it should have the background poster cropped so as not to feature it, then its appearance is incidental to the two men. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 11:33, 28 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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