User talk:Scottoconnor

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Bejinhan talks 06:51, 20 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

License tagging for File:PortraitofQuintinO'Connor.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:PortraitofQuintinO'Connor.jpg. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information; to add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia.

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License tagging for File:Quintin.JPG

Thanks for uploading File:Quintin.JPG. You don't seem to have indicated the license status of the image. Wikipedia uses a set of image copyright tags to indicate this information.

To add a tag to the image, select the appropriate tag from this list, click on this link, then click "Edit this page" and add the tag to the image's description. If there doesn't seem to be a suitable tag, the image is probably not appropriate for use on Wikipedia. For help in choosing the correct tag, or for any other questions, leave a message on Wikipedia:Media copyright questions. Thank you for your cooperation. --ImageTaggingBot (talk) 22:05, 19 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Need help with File:Quintin.JPG?

I noticed that you're having a bit of difficulty correctly applying an image summary and license to File:Quintin.JPG. Your issues are greatly complicated by the fact that Wikipedia doesn't currently have a predefined template for indicating that an image copyrighted under the laws of of Trinidad and Tobago is now in the public domain. I have a lot of experience with image and image copyright issues on Wikipedia, so I'd like to offer you some assistance in both updating the image description and creating the necessary templates (if you are interested). Before we start, it would greatly help if you could answer a couple of questions about File:Quintin.JPG:

First, what is the source of this photo? Is it a family photo? Did you scan it yourself? If not, did you find it in a book or online somewhere?
Second, you indicate that this photo was taken in 1939 in Trinidad by Willie O'Connor, who died in 1943. How do you know this?
Finally, do you know if this photo has ever before been published or distributed in any form? If so, can you describe the circumstances (i.e. where and when was it published)?

—RP88 ^(talk) 14:10, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I would definitely appreciate your assistance!

1) the photo is a family photo, which I scanned 2) My grandmother, Quintin's wife, told me that my great uncle, Willie took this photo behind their home on Oxford St. in Trinidad in 1939. The backside of the photo has 1939 written on it. Willie was born in 1907 and died in 1943 according to all my family members. 3) The photo has never been published in any format

Hope my answers help you help me... Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scottoconnor (talk • contribs) 20:22, 2 November 2011‎ (UTC) [reply]

Thanks for your answers. Because Wikipedia's servers are located in the U.S. content hosted by English Wikipedia has to be either (a) public domain in the U.S, (b) licensed under a free license, or (c) meet the requirements of Wikipedia's non-free content policy. Content that is free in both the source country and in the U.S. is normally uploaded to Wikipedia's sister site Wikimedia Commons (images on Commons are automatically available for use on all the language specific versions of Wikipedia, including English). It does indeed appear that your photo is in the public domain in its source country (Trinidad and Tobago), so if your image was also in the public domain in the U.S. I'd just tell you to just go ahead and upload it to Commons and I'd take care of all of the necessary tagging for you. Unfortunately, in the U.S. the copyright term for unpublished works is life of the author plus 70 years (i.e. unpublished works from authors who died before 1941 are in the public domain in the U.S.). This means that Willie O'Connor's U.S. copyright to that photo of Quintin O'Connor is still in force until January 1, 2013.

Since the photographer (your great uncle Willie O'Connor) has died, his copyright to that photo presumably now belongs to his heirs. Do you know who inherited your great uncle Willie O'Connor's property? Even though you now have possession of the photo, the photo's copyright belongs to Willie O'Connor's heirs. If we can get one of his heirs to agree to a free license to the photo's copyright, we can use it on WIkipedia (see Wikipedia:PERMISSION for details). I'd be happy to walk you through this process if you can identify the correct person to ask for permission. I apologize for how difficult this process is, but as the Wikipedia Foundation is a non-profit with limited funds, they insist that volunteers like you and I have to be extra careful regarding copyright to avoid getting the Foundation into trouble. —RP88 ^(talk) 20:52, 2 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]