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File:First ever "Bash".jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 17:13, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:N.E.S.I. Master Gear Box Front.png

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Magog the Ogre (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 02:03, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:The rue du Pot de Fer, Paris, in the early 1920s.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete - Anonymous and no indication of publication prior to 2011, needs to be 120+ years old to be definitely out of copyright NtheP (talk) 10:27, 19 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:The rue du Pot de Fer, Paris, in the early 1920s.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).

Copyright in a photograph lasts for 70 years from the end of the year in which the photographer dies Photography and the law. The photograph was exhibited at an exhibition in 2011 at La Mairie of the 5ième Arrondissement, which includes the location of the photograph. The photograph had no notice of creation, ownership, or any restriction on publication. It is (in certain contexts) an important photograph. No known or claimed creator or rights owner has been ascertained in searches by the uploader. Rrhallmark (talk) 08:49, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Commons:Hirtle chart shows that the 70-year rule only applies for unpublished works where the name of the photographer is known. In reviewing the Hirtle chart for cases where the name and date of death of the photographer are not known, we really need to know what year the image was first published and whether or not copyright protection in compliance with US formalities was in place at that time to determine what the copyright status is today. -- Dianna (talk) 16:03, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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File:A communiqué from the British Embassy in Dublin to the British Forreign and Commonwealth office in London.gif

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 17:13, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:4179 Toutatis (Chang'e 2).jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 17:13, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:4179 Toutatis (Chang'e 2).jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).

As far as I can tell, works made by the Chinese National Space Agency are copyrighted. Stefan2 (talk) 09:29, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Images put out by the govt press agency have no indication of copyright.[1]kwami (talk) 10:23, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Copyright notices have no legal effect on the copyright status of Chinese works unless the work was made before 1946, in which case a copyright notice sometimes affects the copyright status in the United States (and only in the United States). This was clearly taken after 1946. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:35, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Why convert to fair use, when we can Delete? So much more fun to go around deleting stuff. — kwami (talk) 19:04, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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File:2012 MS tag.png

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 17:13, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:2012 MS tag.png (delete | talk | history | logs).

How is the reason invalid or the source disputed? The image was created by the State of Mississippi and is displayed on the Governor's web site. What other source would be preferred? There are other images of the tag on this site: http://www.dor.ms.gov/mvl/availabletags.html , but they are all very low resolution and you can not see the detail of the design. Bluedragon1971 (talk) 16:18, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

It says that "This file is in the public domain, because official item legally exempt from copyright in its country of origin," which is not true since the file wasn't made by the US federal government. --Stefan2 (talk) 17:40, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I am deleting the file, as there's no reason why a free alternative could not be created, simply by photographing a license plate. California and Florida are as far as I know the only two states that freely release all their material to the public domain. -- Dianna (talk) 15:39, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
I don't remember what this one looked like, but most of the licence plates at [2] are clearly above the threshold of originality, so a photo of a licence plate on a car would also be unfree. --Stefan2 (talk) 15:53, 4 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Ajaydevgndev4.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted as F9 by Future Perfect at Sunrise (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 21:12, 25 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:B-w Claus Bergen painter.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 03:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:B-w Claus Bergen painter.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
File:Claus Bergen.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
File:Portrait of Claus Bergen with seascape.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
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File:BK Brocēni logo.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Kept, with the addition of a fair use rationale for one article. Dianna (talk) 01:37, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:BK Brocēni logo.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
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File:Bowen Island ferry 1946.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted as F5 by James086 (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 21:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Bowen Island ferry 1946.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).

"With regard to Canada, this Canadian-created image was given to the City of Vancouver Archives, and that owner lists it as in the public domain. (Mr. Lindsay donated this image and some 98,000 others to the City of Vancouver Archives.) As to the USA, the image reproduced here is a unique historical image of very low resolution compared to the original and as such is believed to quality as fair use in the USA." Dayton4449 (talk) 23:23, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Carmen Sandiego games2.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 03:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Cerne-abbas-giant-1950.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 07:06, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Cerne-abbas-giant-1950.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
  • I think photos have a different copyright period, 50 years for anonymous works (ref). But this could be contradicted by the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 which says anonymous artistic works are copyright 70 years after publication (ref) It may be that the image is considered a "film", in which case the 1998 Act confirms 50 years. I contacted the CUCAP Librarian in October 2012, and the reply was that "I can confirm that the image FC67 is now out of copyright". --Iantresman (talk) 12:30, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
    • The page you found mainly discusses the minimum permitted copyright term for a work under international treaties, so if the copyright holder wishes to enforce his copyright in a foreign country, he will know that he is guaranteed at least the term of protection indicated on that page. British and EU laws provide longer protection, in this case 70 years from publication. It says that this was taken in 1950. If it was also published during that year, then it enters the public domain in the United Kingdom on 1 January 2021. However, as I wrote, Wikipedia uses USA copyright law, which defines a different term. --Stefan2 (talk) 12:46, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • So I guess that if I can get the previous copyight holder to confirm or acknowledge the release the image into the public domain, by contacting OTRS, then that would confirm the matter. --Iantresman (talk) 13:20, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Another thought. The Cerne Abbas Giant is generally dated to not later than the 17th century (see article). Under US Law, the photo is a "Derivative works", which is not sufficiently different from the original 17th century per "Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.", and "The position of the Wikimedia Foundation on this, however, is that any reproduction of a two-dimensional work in the public domain is not copyrightable"[3]. Does this cover us? --Iantresman (talk) 15:53, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
  • Every photo of a 2D object is taken in the third dimension away from the surface. I would suggest that the hill is the canvas, and just like any photo, the photograph is taken away from the canvas. The Cerne Giant is two dimensional figure (hill figure). The hill on which it is drawn may be 3-D, but the figure is on the flat side of the hill, and in this respect, differs from a three-dimensional sculpture? --Iantresman (talk) 00:08, 20 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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File:Chase Devineaux.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 03:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Dist Mil-Pilot GDR bar.pdf

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 03:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Cia-Cia road sign.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 03:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Cixi's Dining Room.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 03:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:No Place for Pope or Kulaks.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 03:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Oswald Pohl.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete not old enough to be PD Nthep (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

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File:Gisele Bündchen Vogue Italia December 2010 by Steven Meisel.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 03:04, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Gisele Bündchen Vogue Italia December 2010 by Steven Meisel.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
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File:Doshi with SUST.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Keep; the uploader asserts ownership of the photo. If you think the file should be deleted for other reasons, please post at WP:FFD. Dianna (talk) 21:25, 8 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Doshi with SUST.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).

However, I can only find the other image in thumbnail format. Stefan2 (talk) 19:33, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:North Holderness Railway Map.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Keep, but tagged as Not for Commons. Dianna (talk) 02:05, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Apr192008LA Protest02.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 04:05, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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File:Ihor Pawluk.jpg

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The result of the debate was: Delete; deleted by Diannaa (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) AnomieBOT 04:05, 5 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Ihor Pawluk.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).
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File:Fron Porch, Abita Mystery House.jpg

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The result of the discussion was: Delete G7  Ronhjones  (Talk) 16:43, 24 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

File:Fron Porch, Abita Mystery House.jpg (delete | talk | history | logs).

++Feel free to remove the picture. There was a duplicate photo already on the Wiki entry taken by another user which will serve our purposes.--Uploader — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aduplantier6 (talkcontribs) 23:40, 19 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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