Commons:Deletion requests/File:Gary Bettman in 2016.jpg

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File:Gary Bettman in 2016.jpg

A Public Domain Mark (PDM) license is incompatible with Common's licensing policies. The copyright owner retains full control over this image and does not give away any rights. Commons can be sued by the copyright owner. PDM is not really a license and therefore is not permitted on Commons except where it can be shown that the image is PD for known reasons such as a US Government image. Leoboudv (talk) 21:45, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

•  Comment: For most modern images, see this flickr license table, where Commons can only take flickr images with Attribution, Attribution-ShareAlike or public domain dedication licenses. With the PDM license, the copyright owner still owns full rights over the image. --Leoboudv (talk) 21:48, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment: The image was previously marked CC-0] and I copied the source information using Flinfo. I don't see any evidence to support the CC-0 claim so I have no issues with deleting. Ytoyoda (talk) 21:51, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment: Dear Ytoyoda,

• Commons can also take images with a "no known copyright restrictions" license such as this image but usually the image is by a state or government institute and the image is 20-50+ years old. This situation doesn't apply here since the flickr source is not a state government. But to be safe, I'll ask an Admin for a second opinion since I see that the account mentions NORAD NORTHCOM PA Photography. Best, --Leoboudv (talk) 21:55, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
•  Keep: I think I made an error as the flickr account appears linked to NORAD Northern Command or NORAD which should be PD as it is US Military. I will have to pass this image after all. You learn a new thing every day. But I will leave the DR tag here in case someone wishes to make a comment. --Leoboudv (talk) 22:16, 24 January 2017 (UTC)
  • Thanks, somehow I missed that as well. If I'd known, I would've tagged it PD-USGov-Mil it something similar. Ytoyoda (talk)<
•  Keep - But next time if another image from a USGov flickr account is added as a PD, licence reviewers/admins should just change the licence to the USGov-PD related licenses available when reviewing--Stemoc 22:59, 24 January 2017 (UTC)

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Kept: I note in passing that the woman in the picture is Lori Robinson, the highest ranking US military woman of all time. Arguably she is a far more important person than Bettman, but was unmentioned in the file name, file description, and categories. .     Jim . . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 15:29, 31 January 2017 (UTC)