Commons:Deletion requests/File:William Weld Endorsing Kathleen Caron (53315646172).jpg

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File:William Weld Endorsing Kathleen Caron (53315646172).jpg

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Kirk Williamson was the photographer for the Salem Evening News (newspaper) from 1981 to 2000 (this photo was taken in 1994) according to his website here: https://capeannphototours.com/kirkwilliamson/

There is no evidence that permission or copyright was given to the Salem State University. Ooligan (talk) 17:51, 10 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]


 Keep The work was done for Salem Evening News, and the copyright was evidently held by them. They donated the rights to this and an entire collection of photographs to the University. SecretName101 (talk) 17:10, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As you can see, the University acquired a vast collection from The Salem News. https://libguides.salemstate.edu/home/archives/blog/salemnews SecretName101 (talk) 17:13, 19 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I have read the entire linked webpage. There is no mention of copyright. None. Also, there is no specific mention of the photographer Kirk Williamson. To "acquire a vast collection from Salem News" the link talks about "60,000 photographs" and "230,000 negatives"- however, the word "copyright" is not mentioned once. The word "permission" is not mentioned once. Acquisition of the physical possession of a photographic collection is not the same having acquired legals rights to the copyrighted photographs.
The link you provided, @SecretName101, does not give copyright permission. Thanks, -- Ooligan (talk) Ooligan (talk) 09:54, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The University has uploaded them under commons licensing, which they do not do for all items on their Flickr. Which seems to indicate they have assessed the copyright as proper to place under such a license. We tend to trust that institutions know what they are doing when they put something under such licensing. SecretName101 (talk) 02:01, 1 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: n oclear evidence that the author does not hold copyright of their images; presume is overridden by Com:PCP when nothing else supports the argument, per nomination.  — billinghurst sDrewth 09:51, 30 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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