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This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.
This is NOT a 'free' image, in addition the agency concerned (according to media reports) has apprently requested it's removal. This nomination is an attempt to put the debate in the appropriate on-wiki forum. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 09:46, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
- Speedy kept: Public domain as work of a federal agency of the US goverment. Rama (talk) 10:24, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
This deletion discussion is now closed. Please do not make any edits to this archive. You can read the deletion policy or ask a question at the Village pump. If the circumstances surrounding this file have changed in a notable manner, you may re-nominate this file or ask for it to be undeleted.
This is NOT a free image , per notes on image description- ' but other restrictions apply. In the US, unauthorized use of the FBI seal, name, and initials are subject to prosecution under Federal Criminal law, including 18 U.S.C § 701, § 709, and § 712.' Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:09, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
Keep, these are non-copyright restrictions. –Tryphon☂ 21:24, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment: Nom withdrawn pending clarfication from an admin, due to an IRC disscussion on this Sfan00 IMG (talk) 21:59, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
- Comment: Wikimedia General Counsel Mike Godwin discussed this with the nominator and others in IRC channel #wikimedia-commons. Quoting with permission: "The criminal statute has no bearing on whether it is free for Commons because the criminal statute does not create a property interest. It only forbids fraud. Non-fraudulent uses of the free (uncopyrighted) FBI seal are perfectly okay." (punctuation and capitalization added). NeilK (talk) 22:14, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
- Speedy kept: this work is copyright free. Other restrictions such as trademark law, impersonation prohibitions, personality rights etc etc. are not part of the foundations definition of a free work. See also: Commons:Non-copyright_restrictions. TheDJ (talk) 22:09, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
