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    Welcome to the Media Copyright Questions page, a place for help with image copyrights, tagging, non-free content, and related questions. For all other questions please see Wikipedia:Questions.

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    1. On the description page of the image (the one whose name starts File:), click Edit this page.
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    3. Type the name of the tag (e.g.; {{Cc-by-4.0}}), not forgetting {{ before and }} after, in the edit box on the image's description page.
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    delete page

    plz delete lailaaknoun.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Popezo (talk • contribs) 17:20, 10 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

     Done. File:Leila Maknoun.jpg was deleted by RHaworth as an obvious copyright infringement. De728631 (talk) 20:14, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello,

    On Saturday, July 11, 2015, I created a Wikipedia page for deceased American drummer Yogi Horton. The main issue I face after completing this new page is one of copyright regarding the image of Horton, which I took from a 2007 Modern Drummer online magazine tribute. I'm not sure what category this image fits into, regarding the appropriate template or designation that I must add in order to avoid the image being deleted. Doing a Google image search, the same picture of Horton is used on a few other websites/webpages (including Discogs), so I would really appreciate some help or suggestions to guide me in the right direction.

    Matt Casebier — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matthewcasebier (talk • contribs) 06:41, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Generally we only accept freely licenced images and the Modern Drummer image has no attribution or copyright status indication, so we have to presume it is in copyright. Occasionally we accept images of deceased persons under the terms of our strict non-free content policy and any such image will have to comply with all 10 of the criteria listed there. However, Yogi Horton appears to just be a session musician with no actual recording of his own and just the video he made, so I suspect his notability is in question and he fails to meet the criteria of WP:MUSICBIO. ww2censor (talk) 09:14, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Freely available images

    This image File:Robert_Griffiths_Communist_Party_General_Secretary_2015_BBC.jpg is freely available as a pupblic image on Google images, the BBC website and YouTube. So can you advise what I need to do to get copyright license for this image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garageland66 (talk • contribs) 09:31, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    This image File:Mike_Hicks_2011.jpg is freely available as a pupblic image on Google images and on this public website http://londoncommunists.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/mary-rosser-formidable-marxist-fighter.html. So can you advise what I need to do to get copyright license for this image? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garageland66 (talk • contribs) 09:43, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Freely available to view on the internet does not mean freely licenced which means that anyone can use the image for anything as permitted by the copyright holder. Most images you will find on the internet are copyright to someone and are not permitted here. Any such image needs to be verifiably free to use not just free to view. Neither of these images are freely licence and will be deleted unless the copyright holder sends us their permission to use the images. ww2censor (talk) 10:58, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Apparent violation of fair use for press image of historical event

    I came across File:Ghost_Goal_World_Cup_2010.jpg, which is an image from Getty depicting a "ghost goal" in the 2010 World Cup. The image is tagged with {{Non-free historic image}}. The template states that "Use of historic images from press agencies must only be of a transformative nature, when the image itself is the subject of commentary rather than the event it depicts (which is the original market role, and is not allowed per policy)." However, the image is used on Ghost goal and History of the England national football team to depict the event itself. It seems to me that (a) these two uses do not qualify for "fair use", and (b) the image should be removed, since the photo itself is not famous (there are multiple photos of the same event; it is the event which is famous) and is unlikely to ever be used in a "transformative" way per the template. What's the process here? 24.130.189.187 (talk) 13:37, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Nominate the image for deletion at Files for deletion. I can't say for certain it will be deleted, but the reasoning is completely in line with NFCC as to not be appropriate NFC use. --MASEM (t) 23:13, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the info! After reading the notes at the top of that page, I decided to add a {{Dfu}} tag to the image instead. 24.130.189.187 (talk) 03:04, 14 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    PD-USonly vs commons:template:PD-US-architecture

    I just learned that architectural works finished before 1 December 1990 are not protected by copyright in the United States. This means also that such buildings outside the US were not granted any retroactive copyright term by the URAA. While there is a general freedom of panorama for buildings inside the US, should we not treat images of older buildings that are still copyrighted in other countries with no freedom of panorama as "PD-USonly"? Photos should have a free licence for the photograph itself and a tag indicating that the object shown is uneligible for copyright in the US (pre-1990 works), but still copyrighted in the country of origin. {{PD-USonly}} makes the entire image PD as the notice reads "This image is in the public domain in the United States". At Commons, however, there is a template:PD-US-architecture that explains the situation for architecture in the US without generalizing the PD licence to the entire image.

    So I'm wondering whether to import this template from Commons. We could use it for local copies of images that would otherwise be unsuitable for Commons because the object is still unfree in the country of origin. Or should we treat such non-US buildings as non-free fair use at en.wikipedia regardless of their copyright status in the US? De728631 (talk) 20:31, 12 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    We currently use {{FoP-USonly}} for pictures of buildings in countries without FOP. Strictly speaking, we should use {{PD-US-architecture}} for buildings completed before 1 December 1990 and {{FoP-USonly}} for buildings completed on 1 December 1990 or later, but I'm not sure that there is an immediate need to use two separate templates. The main difference is that {{PD-US-architecture}} can be used for any building whereas {{FoP-USonly}} only can be used for buildings which are ordinarily visible from a public place (i.e. almost all buildings). --Stefan2 (talk) 13:00, 15 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you. {{FoP-USonly}} is actually what I was looking for. De728631 (talk) 20:19, 16 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    personal image deleted

    Several years ago I placed an image of my house on the Revier-Carlisle page but somehow did not get the attribution of rights correct and it was deleted, before I noticed this a cousin was able to upload his image of the house and it has remained in place. I am wondering what I did or did not do to fail to keep my picture on the page. Can you help me with this misunderstanding of (I do not know what)?

    thank you, RobeFRe — Preceding unsigned comment added by RobeFRe (talk • contribs) 04:03, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    If you are asking about File:Tubbs-Carlisle-RevierHouse July 14, 2005.JPG, a notice was placed on your talk page which explains that you uploaded a non-free image without providing a non-free rationale, so it was deleted. However, that image would not have lasted as a non-free because it would have been possible to replace it with a free image as was in fact done. If you wanted to you could have freely licenced that original image and then it would have stayed. You can still do that if you wish but if the current image suffices there is little point. You may find it useful to read my image copyright information page that explains this and other problems images encounter. Good luck. ww2censor (talk) 09:41, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Joe Cotton photo

    Hi There, I uploaded a photograph of my friend/employee, New Zealand celebrity Joe Cotton (Joanne Monique Cotton). This photograph is outright owned by myself, although I didn't take the photo I hired the photographer and paid all associated costs. I was happy to put this photo in the public domain.

    I don't know what else to do but it has been deleted, a couple of years after it had put online. It seems petty.

    I manage a band she and myself have performed in together for the last 15 years and I just wanted to put a picture on her wiki page. . . . I followed the rules, but I can't follow what the chap who deleted has said on my Talk page, so many options - I am sure to pick the wrong one. Sorry, its so incredibly convoluted. But I should like this photo to be allowed. If someone can direct me to the right action for a photo such as this which I 100% own the rights to.

    The same photo is used on this page of my website: http://www.mermaids.co.nz/band-bios.html

    Restawhile (talk) 12:08, 13 July 2015 (UTC)restawhile[reply]

    I looked at the image, and I think the user that tagged it as having no permission did not catch that you had stated you had the rights. I reverted that deletion and put your name explicitly there, so you should be okay. You might want to send an email to the OTRS to affirm you are releasing the rights to the PD (with your real name, where it will be held confidentially), but that's not exactly required. --MASEM (t) 14:04, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Clyde Tombaugh image

    I just deleted the {{PD-USGov-NASA}} license at File:ClydeTombaugh2.gif and File:Clyde W. Tombaugh.jpeg. The images are of the famous one of Tombaugh back on his farm with his homemade telescope. It was certainly not US government work, and obviously NASA did not exist back in 1930.

    I have no idea of what the actual IP status of the images is. They are used in several articles. What with media interest peaking regarding Pluto this week and in coming months, I think we should get this right sooner rather than later. Choor monster (talk) 16:53, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    The acknoledgement can be found here. In fact, the image is not a NASA work but courtesy of the New Mexico State University. So I tagged both files for speedy deletion at Commons. Next time, please do not just remove the licence unless you can provide a reliable substitute free licence. Images with a faulty licence should be nominated for deletion or tagged as a copyright infringement. 17:04, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
    I apologize if I acted incorrectly. I removed the obviously wrong license and posted here, since the image is famous enough and I was certain someone would resolve the issue quickly and correctly. At worst, a bot would tag the image files. Choor monster (talk) 17:10, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Personal watermarks on fair-use images

    Thoughts welcome here: Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard/Incidents#Sumit_naithani_SD_-_trip_.232 --NeilN talk to me 20:20, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

    Hemodynamic management

    Can, please, somebody help me? I am the author of the article "Hemodynamic Management" submitted for publication at Wikipedia. Original objection was a use of a copyrighted images from hemodynamicsociety.org. I am the author of most of articles at the hemodynamicsociety.org web site. I have removed all copyrighted items published at hemodynamicsociety.org, so it does not contain any copyrighted items Since I am the author of both the article about hemodynamic management at hemodynamicsociety.or and the submitted article to Wikipedia, I have used the same phrases and words. I am teaching the same subject and, probably, also use the same phrases and words. So, what should I do in ordet not to be accused of copying the submitted article. Thanks in advance, Bo Sramek Bbosramek (talk) 01:15, 18 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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