Commons:Deletion requests/File:Kathy Barnette (candidate).png

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File:Kathy Barnette (candidate).png

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This file was initially tagged by Tartan357 as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: https://barnetteforsenate.com/about/

King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 07:32, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

@King of Hearts:  Keep That was in error. The full file contains a watermark with the license. See File:Kathy Barnette headshot.jpg, which I reuploaded. The watermark is present in the original version on her website. I'm tagging this one as an extracted image. ― Tartan357 Talk 07:36, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Delete The image is cropped from one that appears at https://barnetteforsenate.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Kathy_Barnette_Headshot.jpg with a watermark CC-BY-SA. However, no photographer is named. Since the license requires that the photographer be named, any use here or elsewhere is a violation of the license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:30, 17 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An organization can own a copyright. It's possible to purchase the full rights from the photographer, which would then allow them to relicense it in any way. The fact that this is the only photo on her website with that watermark seems to indicate attention to this. If they do not own the rights, the photographer needs to take it up with the campaign. ― Tartan357 Talk 03:50, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It is certainly true that an organization can own a copyright. However, the usual practice would be for the photographer to license the image for use in the subject's campaign. That does not give the campaign organization the right to freely license the image.
The question of who owns the copyright is actually irrelevant. The CC-BY-SA license requires the actual photographer to be credited. It is a violation of the license if that is not done. Since we do not not know who the photographer was, we cannot give credit and therefore cannot keep the image without violating the license. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 13:21, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Actually it doesn't: the licensee is only required to "retain the following", including "identification of the creator(s) of the Licensed Material and any others designated to receive attribution", "if it is supplied by the Licensor with the Licensed Material". So we don't know what arrangement the campaign has with the photographer, and whether that arrangement requires attribution of the photographer. For instance, if it's a full buyout of the copyright, then there is no requirement that the creator be attributed, if the copyright holder does not require it. For big corporations like LG (File:LG 시네마 3D TV 새 모델 ‘소녀시대’ 영입.jpg) we generally assume good faith without a second thought. The question here is whether the same good faith should be extended to a political campaign. -- King of ♥ ♦ ♣ ♠ 15:14, 18 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: CC at source. --Yann (talk) 21:45, 29 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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