Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Ben Bernanke.jpg

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Who says that the federal reserve board is a part of the US government? Their website doesn't say all material on it is in the public domain and that's disregarding the fact that this picture wasn't found on their website. 84.108.245.222 14:12, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

"Can I link to the Board's web site? We do not have any objection to your providing a hyperlink on your site to the Board's web site. This permission extends only to a hyperlink and does not include authority to engage in any other activities such as the "framing" of the Board’s web site on your web site." [1]

The answer to that question makes it seem like the material isn't in the public domain (and nowhere does it state that it is). 84.108.245.222 14:15, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Also, Image:Greenspan.jpg and other images found here. 84.108.245.222 14:25, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The Board of Governors of the US Federal Reserve System (as opposed to the Federal Reserve Banks) is indeed an independent federal government agency (similar to NASA). See en:Federal Reserve System#Legal_status_and_position_in_government and the court case it references. All things considered, I find the claim that the image originally came from the Board's website to be credible, even if it has since been removed from the site. It still remains to be shown, however, that the images were taken by an employee of the Board, as opposed to an independent contractor. —LX (talk, contribs) 14:41, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

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Speedily kept, per correspondence with Reserve Board; forwarding to OTRS. --Tom (talk - email) 00:20, 11 June 2007 (UTC)