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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.

    How to add a copyright tag to an existing image
    1. On the description page of the image (the one whose name starts File:), click Edit this page.
    2. From the page Wikipedia:File copyright tags, choose the appropriate tag:
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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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    File:The Chiltern School logo.png

    There is a new logo for The Chiltern School. Source of new logo: https://chiltern.beds.sch.uk/newsite/wordpress/wp-content/themes/the-chiltern-school/images/logo-new.jpg. But if this new logo too complex for PD? 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:68E2:5C3:8EFA:B178 (talk) 13:38, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    The UK has a pretty low threshold of originality per c:COM:TOO#United Kingdom and I don't think this would be considered {{PD-logo}} in the UK; the US, on the other hand, is more liberal when it comes to its threshold of originality per c:COM:TOO#United States, so it's possible that this could be {{PD-ineligible-USonly}}. This latest version does not seem too different from the current one, which is licensed as {{non-free logo}}; so, it might be a little too close to call and better to also treat this as non-free as well. -- Marchjuly (talk) 13:52, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    If this logo {{PD-ineligible-USonly}} or {{non-free logo}}? 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:68E2:5C3:8EFA:B178 (talk) 14:02, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm with MJ. This is a pretty complicated logo compared to a lot of things, and it's better to err on the side of non-free logo. GMGtalk 14:06, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, so it time to upload the new logo, replacing the old one. 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:68E2:5C3:8EFA:B178 (talk) 14:07, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    At this point the new logo should be uploaded by now. 2A02:C7F:963F:BA00:68E2:5C3:8EFA:B178 (talk) 18:08, 29 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
    Your original question was about whether the file was too complex for PD. If you wanted someone to upload the file, then you need to make that clearer. Someone watching this noticeboard may do it, but you can also ask at WP:FFU or you can ask Begoon, the uploader of the existing file, for help, If you don't want to wait for someone else to get to it, you can register for an account and upload the new version yourself. -- Marchjuly (talk) 00:17, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
     Updated with this version - per OP request: see [1]. I concur that this exceeds WP:TOO, cannot be {{PD-logo}} and should be treated as non-free. -- Begoon 02:38, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Old Public Records - Plats

    I am checking whether public records filed with county government are public domain and free to upload to Commons, especially those filed before 1923. My specific item is a 1907 town plat hosted by City of Hays/Ellis County Geospatial Data Portal:

    Plan of Yocemento, Mill and Grounds. See Yocemento, Kansas

    Some content of the item is public record statements from 1997.

    I have received an email from Eamonn Coveney, GIS Specialist with City of Hays / Ellis County stating "I have verified that all of the materials on the hosting website are public domain, and do not claim any rights."

    Am I good upload?

    What Copyright tag should I use in generally from this source? Not all of the public content is pre-1923. IveGoneAway (talk) 22:26, 30 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    What would the situation be if I redacted (whited out) the 1997 county resolution and notice? Would that permit the pre-1923 free and clear. Would redaction be necessary for me to upload it? IveGoneAway
    PD-because| the plat image was created before 1923 while the 1997 content is public government notice? (talk) 23:44, 2 April 2018 (UTC) 23:50, 2 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    File:Flag of Cambridge, ON.gif

    A number of Canadian flags at the municipal level are licensed as non-free content. This one might be PD, but I don't think the {{PD-because}} license being used is the best choice here, and it might be based upon a misunderstanding of PD. If File:Cambridge, Ontario Coat of Arms.jpg needs to be treated as non-free, then maybe this needs to be treated the same way. -- Marchjuly (talk) 02:40, 31 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    File:2015 RT gala dinner in Moscow, general Flynn next to President Putin.jpg

    This file was uploaded as {{Non-free historic image}} and sourced to this blog (blog's in Russian). The file has a non-free use rationale for Michael Flynn, but it's not being used in that article; it's currently being used in Jill Stein. The file was being used in Timeline of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and Trump–Russia dossier as well, but I removed it per WP:NFCCE.

    It seems unlikely that the blog given as the source for the image is actually the original source of the photo. Given the nature of the photo, it seems like this might have been something taken by an official government photographer of either Russia or the US. So, I was wondering if anyone might be able figured where this originally came from and whether it might capable of converting to PD. If the blog is the original source or the file needs to remain non-free, then even its non-free use in the Stein article seems questionable and the file might need to be discussed at FFD. -- Marchjuly (talk) 06:41, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Both the Washington Post and NBC attribute this image to "Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP file" and we usually don't accept press agency images unless we can vefify it is freely licensed. For me, it fails both WP:NFCC#2 and WP:NFCC#8 because it is an AP image and the information in the image can easily be stated in prose for the reader's understanding of the topic thereby making the image mere decoration. ww2censor (talk) 08:50, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Is it OK to refer a copyrighted image from English wikipedia in an article from another language?

    I have to write an article about M.C.Escher in my native language wikipedia (ml). I would like to include some of his works in the article. However, these are copy righted here M.C.Escher official website. I saw that the English article already has the copyright to publish the image.

    copyright

    Can I simply give a link to this image without violating any copyrights? Ukri82 (talk) 09:37, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    It's not really that we "have the copyright" to publish this image; we are using it as a non-free file under a claim of fair use. I don't know whether ml-wiki has an image policy allowing non-free items in a similar way as en; if it does, you may be able to upload the image locally under a similar rationale. If not, and if you can only use a hyperlink to an off-wiki copy of the image instead, it would be better to link directly to the official Escher website rather than to the unlicensed copy here on en-wp. Fut.Perf. ☼ 09:59, 3 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Headshot of a non-living person, unsure of source

    I noticed our article on Gail Zappa does not contain an image. She died in 2015, so there is no chance to produce a new, free image. After looking for something we could maybe use I found numerous instances of this image. It seems pretty obviously to be a publicity headshot (she did some modeling in her younger days) but I can’t find the original source of the image, which is not surprising considering its apparent age.

    So my question is: would this qualify as {{Non-free promotional}} fair use? Beeblebrox (talk) 18:07, 4 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

    Uploading Image from World Digital Library

    Is it acceptable to upload here an image taken straight from World Digital Library without their consent? Be it with or without a bit of modification from the uploader?

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