Aklein62

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File:Darr Adam.jpg

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File:Raymond-Deane 2014.jpg

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Sorry but the requirement that "the image itself is not changed" is unacceptable as Commons policy requires that modification of images is permitted. January (talk) 16:46, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

Well, fine, so we change the permission, no problem. I received the photograph from the composer (Raymond Deane) himself, the photograph being taken by his wife, Renate Debrun, with the express wish to have it published on Wikimedia/Wikipedia. I have tried to re-upload the image, but it was not possible, even under a different name. I always get the message that the image has previously been deleted. So what? Why can I not re-upload it if I change the permission to accommodate Commons policy? Aklein62 (talk) 06:46, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Copyright status: File:Swan Hennessy.jpg

Copyright status: File:Swan Hennessy.jpg

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Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 21:26, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Sorry for the delay in responding, I was away for a few days. Frankly, I find these copyright and licensing affairs extremely complicated. I understand that the rights issue is very important, but I admit that, even after having clicked through your various linked information, I do not understand what I have to do.

For me, the case is extremely easy, namely: I have scanned the File:Swan Hennessy.jpg myself from the original paper photograph that dates from around 1923. I received this photograph last week while visiting personally the descendants of Swan Hennessy in France. Hennessy died in 1929, which clarifies one aspect of the copyright issue. Thus, if the person shown on the photograph is dead longer than 70 or 75 years and if the original photograph is in my possession, I have the right to scan and publish it here for everyone's free use on Wikimedia, no?

Furthermore, when uploading my scan, I thought I had "ticked all the boxes" necessary to upload it (it wouldn't have worked otherwise). Please excuse my lack of experience, but in my view I had given all the required information and even went beyond it by stating my opinion that the photograph is probably even ten years older than 1923 (having compared it to other photographs of Hennessy).

In short: Please do not delete this photograph! It does not involve any copyright infringement. Rather, please advise in simple terms what I shall do to dispel any doubts about it. Thank you. – Aklein62

File:Swan Hennessy.jpg

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JuTa 10:21, 1 July 2018 (UTC)

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File:H1Beausang.jpg

File:H1Beausang.jpg has been marked as a possible copyright violation. Wikimedia Commons only accepts free content—that is, images and other media files that can be used by anyone, for any purpose. Traditional copyright law does not grant these freedoms, and unless noted otherwise, everything you find on the web is copyrighted and not permitted here. For details on what is acceptable, please read Commons:Licensing. You may also find Commons:Copyright rules useful, or you can ask questions about Commons policies at the Commons:Help desk. If you are the copyright holder and the creator of the file, please read Commons:But it's my own work! for tips on how to provide evidence of that. The file you added has been deleted. If you have written permission from the copyright holder, please have them send us a free license release via COM:VRT. If you believe that the deletion was not in accordance with policy, you may request undeletion. (It is not necessary to request undeletion if using VRT; the file will be automatically restored at the conclusion of the process.) This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: https://presspack.rte.ie/2017/01/09/1616669/ This file is a copyright violation because it comes from: Uploader suggests that this image qualifies as CC-by-sa-4.0, but confirms that the source is a "press pack" from the RTÉ press centre where copyright is asserted as "© RTÉ 2018". A copyright claim which is incompatible with a Commons licence. The uploader also suggests that the author is "unknown", when the source website expressly states that images are "courtesy of Inpho.ie and Getty Images". With no evidence that either of these (commercial) rights-owners have given-up their commercial rights. Apart from the fact that it is highly dubious that a business like Inpho or Getty (both expressly in business to make money from copyrighted images) would release those rights, if the author truly is "unknown" how can we possibly be claiming that the author has released their rights. Warning: Wikimedia Commons takes copyright violations very seriously and persistent violators will be blocked from editing.

 

Guliolopez (talk) 10:27, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi User talk:Guliolopez, sorry for this. I was sure the image was free of any copyright. I will take it down and try a different access. I didn't see the reference to inpho.ie and Getty Images, which seems a very general indication of a source, by the way, which cannot apply to this specific image (two sources for one photo?). – Aklein62 (talk) 10:41, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Hello again, User talk:Guliolopez, I removed the image from the associated Wikipedia page, but it seems I cannot delete the image here on Wikimedia Commons. Feel free to delete it yourself, please, if you can, and I will try something else or get a different image. Thanks. – Aklein62 (talk) 10:52, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi Aklein62

• RE: "Cannot delete". The image was deleted by an admin as copyvio.
• RE: "sure the image was free of any copyright". Why? What in the source gave you that impression? Never mind a surety or certainty? When I looked at the source, I immediately saw a copyright notice and a listing of several possible copyright claimants? What did you see that suggested the opposite?
• RE: Copyright and Commons licences in general. While we're talking about it, what is it that prompted you to apply a cc-by-sa-4.0 licence on the recent upload of File:Harry White, UCD.jpg? The source is suggested as the UCD.ie website. Specifically this page. But there's nothing on that webpage which suggests that the rights-holder has released the image to a Commons-compatible licence? And, the broader UCD.ie copyright page expressed a copyright policy which is otherwise incompatible with the Commons. What are you seeing (or aware of) that I and others are not?

Cheers. Guliolopez (talk) 20:43, 27 April 2020 (UTC)

Hi, User:Guliolopez, I was sure the image was free of copyright, because I was pretty sure it was made privately by a member of the objects's family. I checked on both Inpho and Getty Images websites, and neither of them has a photo of Ita Beausang. RTÉ's copyright claim is just a very general one, and does not pertain to this specific page (how could TWO photo agencies claim copyright to ONE image?). But to make absolutely sure, I contacted Ita Beausang today and received the image in question along with others from the same series. The photographer is her own son-in-law. I am aware I should have done this from the start, so I apologise. I will now upload the image as I received it today and will send the photographer the appropriate e-mail permissions template.

As for the Harry White picture, this is obviously a public relations photograph of UCD. Harry White told me so himself, and I think I have indicated this as such when I uploaded it. – Aklein62 (talk) 14:29, 29 April 2020 (UTC)