Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Jiang Qing (Madame Mao Zedong) and Group.JPG

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Image:Jiang_Qing_(Madame_Mao_Zedong)_and_Group.JPG

"Author = Chinese Journalist" - not PD-self. dave pape (talk) 02:20, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Note - the first version of this image is a completely different photo, but has no source and does not look over 50 years old; neither version is likely to be PD-China. --dave pape (talk) 02:24, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

This is a real photo, however, it is copyrighted in a book I just read, I forgot the title. But it is copyrighted.129.10.229.56 00:45, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Would it happen to be "Mao a Life", if you read the description box the uploader was upfront with where the image came from and who the author was.KTo288 (talk) 12:13, 26 November 2008 (UTC)

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Deleted as according to the uploader's statement all her uploads constitute copyright violations. This picture was apparently taken during the trial of Jiang Qing at some time between late 1980 and early 1981. Hence, {{PD-old}} does not apply as for some of the other images she uploaded which she also wanted to have deleted. The uploader stated that "I took this picture from my book" and gave as author simply "Chinese Journalist". We do know nothing about the contracts between this unidentified Chinese journalist and the publisher of that book. And having a permission to print an image for a book does not necessarily imply the right to publish it somewhere else and to claim that it is PD. Moreover, the uploader also told afterwards that she hasn't written any books, i.e. "my book" refers only to a book owned by her. This image was even tagged as {{PD-self}} which is contradictory to the claim that this photograph was shot by someone else. In summary, we do not have permission, the uploader apparently had no permission to upload it to the Commons and it is unlikely that this changes as the uploader was banned indefinitely since 17 May 2008. --AFBorchert (talk) 09:08, 7 December 2008 (UTC)