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File:The Green Hornet- 2010 film.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted as F7 by Wizardman (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Tony lucca.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tony lucca.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
To allow Wikipedia to use the image, the label also needs to allow everyone to use it under a free license. Actually, just saying "permission from record label" renders the file able to be speedily deleted under WP:F3. An outline of the proper content donation process is at this page. Crisco 1492 (talk) 07:35, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Odessmntg.jpeg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Communication Culture Critique.GIF

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The result of the discussion was: OTRS ticket provided Skier Dude (talk) 05:31, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:AubreyMcCormick Wiki.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete until permission is provided to OTRS. Please see this for further instructions. We need contact from the copyright holder, Audrey McCormick that specifies that the copyright was released to you or Wikipedia under a valid license. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 07:42, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:AubreyMcCormick Wiki.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
Doesn't the image's metadata suggests that the uploader was in possession of the original digital photograph file which was then altered on the day of the upload? That would seem to make it more likely that it is an "own work". or am I getting this wrong? Meowy 00:31, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The metadata state that the photo was taken in 2007 and photoshopped in 2012. The uploader may have found an old photo on the Internet, done some change in Photoshop (e.g. cropping) and then uploaded it here. The uploader has three images (this one taken with a Nikon camera, one taken with a Kodak camera and one without EXIF). People usually use few cameras. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:20, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I guess the photoshoping will be the reduction in size and/or adding the vignette. But, family photos aside, you don't usually find large photos on the internet complete with full exif data - and tineye reveals no other versions (though that isn't conclusive of course). Having a past record of vopyvios might be an important decider - but only if those copy violations were definately for the use of the work of others. Meowy 15:49, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • Following the copyright information in the Exif data leads me to Synergii1 photography, which seems to be owned by a woman named Susan Shek, based out of New York. A check user could see where the editor is uploading from to help figure out if this is a copyvio. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:57, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
While I appreciate the lengths editors go to check copyrights, I do own the image. The image was given to me by Aubrey McCormick who owns the rights from the photographer. That is why all the data is included with the image (as referenced earlier).Glynnmania (talk) 21:31, 27 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Savannah georgia globe off abercorn.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 07:42, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:SMKTS panorama.png

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The result of the discussion was: kept uploader clarified ownership in description template Skier Dude (talk) 05:36, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Descent JITD Character.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Descent JITD Table.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:20070107 Frealshakes.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:22 Jose Ronaldo Jarabo.JPG

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) A file with this name on Commons is now visible. AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Kev pic526.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Laugarbrekka-Iceland-3.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Vazgen kev24.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) A file with this name on Commons is now visible. AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Mother Armenia, Yerevan, Day.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete Copyright Law is clear on this, commercial release is not given therefore unsuitable for Wikipedia. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 07:42, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Mother Armenia, Yerevan, Day.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
Under article 19 of the Armenian Law on Copyright it states that images of works protected by copyright are allowable for free use where "the use of lawfully disclosed works of literature and art and extracts thereof by way of illustration, in the publications, programs of broadcasting organizations, audio and video recordings of educational nature, to the extent justified by the purpose of illustration of education". Surely here the image illustrates the statue for the purpose of education and is an ILLUSTRATION of an art object (a statue), it is NOT a copy of the statue as defined in the Armenian copyright law. The copyright law defines a work as "a specific result of a creative work in the field of science, literature or arts, expressed in some objective form" and a copy of a work as "a duplicate of a work, made in any material form". A 2D-photographic image of a free-standing statue is not a duplicate the original statue under the Armenian copyright laws. Meowy 22:06, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The problem is article 16: "Without the consent of the author and another copyright holder and without paying the author's remuneration it is permitted to reproduce, broadcast works of architecture, photography or figurative arts which are located in public places, with the exception of the cases when the image of the work is the main object of such reproduction or broadcasting, and when the image of the work is used for commercial purposes." --Stefan2 (talk) 22:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but this illustration of the original work is not being used for commercial purposes, so doesn't it falls under the remit of article 19? Article 19 must be there to include something, after all! Surely the "main object" here is the wikipedia article, a work of educational nature, and the image itself is not the "main object" (images on Wikipedia have to be placed in articles to be additions to the written content - they are not stand-alone things). I understand that this might mean that a more restrictive and proscriptive copyright note might be needed for the image, but that would be preferable to loosing the image. Meowy 00:09, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Wikipedia requires that images be reusable for commercial purposes. The "main object" is the main object of the image, not the main object of the Wikipedia article. The non-commercial clause means that you can freely take photos of houses or statues in Armenia and put them in your own personal photo album (unlike France where the police technically could arrest you for doing such things). --Stefan2 (talk) 10:10, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Your interpretation of the word "main object" is different from mine. I think "main object", under the Armenian law, is intended to mean the "main purpose" (the words used are "the main object of such reproduction" not "the main object IN such reproduction). So the law is saying that it is permitable to use an image of an object as long as the display of that image is not in a context in which the display of the image is the main purpose of the display. Because the image is being displayed in the context of a larger article, that display is not the main object (i.e., main purpose) of its display. I don't see a good reason why Wikipedia should require that images be reusable for commercial purposes, but if that is the way it is for the present then a lot of useful images are going to be excluded. Meowy 16:10, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
"Main object": see commons:COM:DM for an explanation. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:38, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
I can see that being true on Wikimedia Commons, where images are stand-alone items, but when used on Wilipedia they are never stand-alone items. You don't search for "Mother Armenia, Yerevan" on Wikipedia and get the choice of the article page and also separate pages for each photograph used in the article page, and also pages for any photographs of it on Wikipedia servers that are not being used on the article page. The use of images is always in articles, and the use within the article is always incidental and of secondary importance. Basically I'm trying to argue that things are not cut and dry here, and there is no need to consider things in the worst possible case and read copyright laws in the broadest of terms. It is the job of any alleged injured party do that (and common sense says that in this case there will be no injured party). Meowy 16:03, 18 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Robert Goldston01.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: keep. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:54, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Robert Goldston01.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
"My father, Robert Goldston, was a renowned historian, and author." - Max Goldston (his son) http://www.maxgoldston.com/ It's pretty obvious he's no longer alive. Paul venter (talk) 05:53, 17 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Sahak Mesrop kev.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) A file with this name on Commons is now visible. AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:EquestrianAndranik.JPG

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:VahagnVishapakagh.JPG

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Movses Khorenatsi Matenadaran.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete all per #File:Mother Armenia, Yerevan, Day.jpg. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 07:42, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Movses Khorenatsi Matenadaran.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
This is a photo I took. Take a look at the Metadata section on the file page - the information and time stamp of the photo confirm that it was taken back in 2007.--Marshal Bagramyan (talk) 20:20, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Under article 19 of the Armenian Law on Copyright it states that images of works protected by copyright are allowable for free use where "the use of lawfully disclosed works of literature and art and extracts thereof by way of illustration, in the publications, programs of broadcasting organizations , audio and video recordings of educational nature, to the extent justified by the purpose of illustration of education". Surely here the image illustrates the statue for the purpose of education and is an ILLUSTRATION of an art object (a statue), it is NOT a copy of the statue as defined in the Armenian copyright law. The copyright law defines a work as "a specific result of a creative work in the field of science, literature or arts, expressed in some objective form" and a copy of a work as "a duplicate of a work, made in any material form". A 2D-photographic image of a free-standing statue is not a duplicate the original statue under the Armenian copyright laws. Meowy 22:03, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

See #File:Mother Armenia, Yerevan, Day.jpg above. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:31, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Tumanyan1 kev.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete all per #File:Mother Armenia, Yerevan, Day.jpg. -- DQ (ʞlɐʇ) 07:42, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

File:Tumanyan1 kev.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
Under article 19 of the Armenian Law on Copyright it states that images of works protected by copyright are allowable for free use where "the use of lawfully disclosed works of literature and art and extracts thereof by way of illustration, in the publications, programs of broadcasting organizations , audio and video recordings of educational nature, to the extent justified by the purpose of illustration of education". Surely here the image illustrates the statue for the purpose of education and is an ILLUSTRATION of an art object (a statue), it is NOT a copy of the statue as defined in the Armenian copyright law. The copyright law defines a work as "a specific result of a creative work in the field of science, literature or arts, expressed in some objective form" and a copy of a work as "a duplicate of a work, made in any material form". A 2D-photographic image of a free-standing statue is not a "duplicate of the work" under the Armenian copyright laws. Meowy 22:09, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
See #File:Mother Armenia, Yerevan, Day.jpg above. --Stefan2 (talk) 22:31, 16 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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File:DaveShadoeStevensEddieMoneyAStarrMarkusSchulz1990.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Skier Dude (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:03, 3 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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