Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Laden.jpg
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Image:Laden.jpg[edit]
The image has been marked as “Author: FBI”, “Permission: public domain, {{PD-USGov-DOJ}}”. But I don’t think this image has been created by an employee of FBI (in the course of their duty); see e.g. [1] – “Date of Photograph Unknown”. The author (and therefore the holder of the copyright) is probably unknown. OK, you can probably justify inclusion of this photo morally, but we have some very strict rules… --Mormegil 09:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
- Keep The photo was prepared for use on the FBI Top Ten Most Wanted poster by turning it into a grayscale photo. Since this photo was prepared in this way before pasting it into the poster, it is a work of the United States Government. This is why Robert William Fisher's photo on his FBI Top Ten Most Wanted poster is black and white while color versions are available on America's Most Wanted's website (which probably is a copyright violation against Mr. Fisher, but he would be arrested for murder and arson if he appeared in court to enforce the copyright on his photo). Jesse Viviano 22:38, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
Delete. Same rules apply to the US Government as to an individual with these things. If the editing done by the US Govt exceeds the threshold of originality then the image would have two copyrights as a derivative work; one the US Govt's (PD) and the other the unknown authors. If the editing doesn't exceed originality, then the copyright of the photographer applies and there is no US Govt copyright over the image. In either case, the unknown photographer's copyright holds so the image doesn't belong.--Nilfanion 23:21, 21 February 2007 (UTC)- Delete So FBI took a picture of bin Laden, and then released him... Samulili 14:43, 23 February 2007 (UTC)
- Does anyone claim a copyright on this picture? If not, keep. Yann 21:19, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Keep The photo is practically PD. Wojsyl 08:09, 1 March 2007 (UTC)- Delete, see Nilfanion. --Polarlys 16:14, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
- Delete although it's unlikely anyone will be asserting authorship, the picture is not free. Yonatanh 17:28, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
- Deleted. Samulili 09:38, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
