Commons:Deletion requests/File:Plastinated Human Body Worlds San Diego.jpg

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File:Plastinated Human Body Worlds San Diego.jpg

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As explained in "Body Worlds", "Von Hagens maintains copyright control over pictures of his exhibits. Visitors are not allowed to take pictures, and press photographers are required to sign agreements permitting only a single publication in a defined context, followed by a return of the copyright to Von Hagens." As such, I do not believe that the photographer had the legitimate right to upload this image. DS (talk) 22:59, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Note that this also applies to File:Body Worlds Exhibit San Diego 2009.jpg. DS (talk) 23:00, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
... and, oh dear, all the images in Category:Body Worlds, and in Category:Körperwelten der Tiere in Mannheim, and Category:Our Body: The Universe Within, and almost all the images in Category:Gunther von Hagens (except the images of buildings, the images of von Hagens himself, and the diagrams of how the plastination works). DS (talk) 23:06, 28 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]
As the photographer, I was given permission by the San Diego Natural History Museum to take photographs while the exhibit was in San Diego.
They had permission from Gunther von Hagens to handle the exhibit in the ways they saw fit.
I was not asked to sign any papers.
The point of me taking photos was to help publicize the exhibit.

I do not understand why anyone would argue to exclude a photograph that is educational in nature and helps to publicize the Body Worlds exhibit.

Maybe you should have Mr. von Hagens contact me and tell me himself that this photo should be excluded.
In other words, if it is really an issue, don't you think that Mr. von Hagens would contact Wikipedia about it?
It would indeed be sad to have the permissions granted to me suddenly reneged because somebody does "not believe that the photographer had a legitimate right to upload this image when I most certainly did."
I agree with you that it'd be sad, but the the precautionary principle -- plus Mr von Hagens' history of suing -- is pretty clear. DS (talk) 12:51, 29 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: Natuur12 (talk) 16:48, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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