Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations/Kos93

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All contributors with no history of copyright problems are welcome to contribute to clean up.

If contributors have been shown to have a history of extensive copyright violation, it may be assumed without further evidence that all of their major contributions are copyright violations, and they may be removed indiscriminately in accordance with Copyright violations. However, to avoid collateral damage, efforts should be made when possible to verify infringement before removal.

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Images

 * Examine the images below. For free images:
 * Does the image look non-free? Is it likely the uploader is the copyright holder?
 * Is the image properly licensed and sourced? Be aware of images that say "this image is licensed under X" without specifying who created it.
 * Do a reverse image search using TinEye. Check the license of the source page. Compare the last modified time with the (Commons) upload time.
 * Do a Google image search for phrases that describe the image's contents.
 * See Guide to image deletion on dealing with cases of possible image copyright infringement. There is no need to open a possibly unfree files listing. Administrators may delete images from multiple point infringers presumptively in accordance with Copyright violations. Evaluators who are not administrators may section images into a "deletion requested" section for administrator attention.


 * For non-free images, determine whether each image meets our non-free content criteria.
 * Note that Commons does not accept non-free content.
 * Annotate the listing with the action taken, e.g. if the image was tagged no source write "no source"; if the fair use claim is deemed ok you can write "OK fair use".

Background
 Kos93
 * Reported by Jappalang (talk)
 * This user has been uploading images from forums and photograph sites to Wikipedia. He then claims the images as his own work, releasing them into public domain, or that they were from official Serbian government sites.  These claims are false.
 * File:M80A slo.jpg: Image uploaded here on 18 September 2007; it was already up at source since 7 September 2005. http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?55598-Slovenian-Army*Update*
 * File:M84a preševo.jpg: Spreading on Photobucket.com since 5 September 2006; photobucket image has been deleted. Look at Google page, see 400x309 image, link shows it is from photobucket and posted to said forum.  Forum post was made on 5 September 2006.  Photobucket image is now dead.
 * File:Slo arv.jpg: Image was already up on Militaryphotos.net as early as 11 May 2005. http://forum.valka.cz/viewtopic.php/title/CZK-JVBT-55A-jerabovaci-vyprostovaci-buldozerovy-tank/p/133723#133723
 * File:Cuban mig29.jpg: Posted by Luis Dominguez on December 23, 2006. http://secretoscuba.cultureforum.net/t128-migs-29#6213
 * File:Ka-25 sfrj.jpg: Posted by djnik at source on 21 Jul 2006. http://www.mycity-military.com/Avijacija-i-PVO/Podzemna-baza-Divulje.html#387633
 * File:Children trkalište.jpg: Already up on Sabac's official website on May 19, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070519102309/http://www.sabac.org/en/index.php?page=16
 * File:Yumig29ub.jpg: Not a Serbian federal work as claimed; Copyrighted to Dejan Milinkovic, taken on June 15, 2003. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Serbia---Air/Mikoyan-Guverich-MiG-29UB-(9-51)/0369007/M/
 * File:Gazelle srj.jpg: Again not a Serbian federal work as initially claimed. It is a copyrighted work by Dimitrije Ostojic; the attempted fixing in December 2008 of an OTRS ticket, which was approved in October, is likely invalid (see commons:Commons:OTRS/Noticeboard.  Update: Adrignola confirmed the ticket claim is fraudulent.  Jappalang (talk) 14:59, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * File:G4galeb leteće zvezde.jpg: Posted by TeslaN to forum on 12 June 2007. http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?114008-Serbia-s-new-flight-display-team&s=5b2a3052ae5a7f19779c6a3fd08a0cf0&p=2560063&viewfull=1#post2560063
 * File:Galebg4m.jpg: Again not a Serbian federal work as initially claimed. Taken on September 1998, copyrighted to Aleksandar Tirjanic.  http://www.airliners.net/photo/0471856/L/
 * File:Old bridge.jpg: Already up on Sabac's official website on May 19, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070519102309/http://www.sabac.org/en/index.php?page=16
 * File:Krsmanović house.jpg: Already up on Sabac's official website on May 19, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070519102309/http://www.sabac.org/en/index.php?page=16
 * File:Mi171h22101.jpg: Image is copyrighted to Boran Pivcic - CroSpotterTeam, who took it 16 days before it was uploaded here. http://www.airliners.net/photo/Croatia---Air/Mil-Mi-17-1%28Sh%29/1306468/L/
 * File:An-2 srj.jpg: Per Google, image appeared at Waffenthread / Weaponthread - 56k beware: lots & large pics; it was linked to by Snake in his post on August 16th 2006. The image was linked from http://elektron.tmf.bg.ac.yu/bojan/airplanes/transport/an-2/an-2_01.jpg (now dead).  http://web.archive.org/web/20061007211742/http://elektron.tmf.bg.ac.yu/bojan/airplanes/transport/an-2/ reveals the image was around the web since June 6, 2001.
 * File:An-2 srj.jpg: Per Google, image appeared at Waffenthread / Weaponthread - 56k beware: lots & large pics; it was linked to by Snake in his post on August 16th 2006. The image was linked from http://elektron.tmf.bg.ac.yu/bojan/airplanes/transport/an-2/an-2_01.jpg (now dead).  http://web.archive.org/web/20061007211742/http://elektron.tmf.bg.ac.yu/bojan/airplanes/transport/an-2/ reveals the image was around the web since June 6, 2001.

His images that made it to Commons:
 * File:Jna t-55 slovenia.jpg: Copyviolation of Jacques Langevin's work. http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/0000267878-015/civil-war-in-slovenia
 * File:T-55 slovenia ypa.jpg: Copyviolation of Jacques Langevin's work. http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/0000267878-026/civil-war-in-slovenia
 * File:BOV APC proto.jpg: Per Google, image appeared at 63. падобранска - ту смо кад затреба! • Преглед теме - Novo, where it was posted by kuntalo on 04 Dec 2007. The image was linked from http://elektron.tmf.bg.ac.yu/bojan/armor/apc/bov_prototype_01.jpg (now dead).  http://web.archive.org/web/20061007205544/http://elektron.tmf.bg.ac.yu/bojan/armor/apc/ reveals the image was around the web since January 08, 2002.

Please check the rest of his images. Jappalang (talk) 14:15, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the late reply (RL problems). You're going to have to take this up at Commons as that's where the vast majority of this user's images are uploaded. MER-C 07:41, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
 * This has been raised for a second time over at Commons... and guess what? It was ignored. MER-C 14:29, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

Since Commons isn't going to do anything, looks like we'll have to open up a CCI here. Wizardman Operation Big Bear 17:59, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Sigh. MER-C 03:03, 28 March 2012 (UTC)

I do not know where it was reported on Commons. Do you have a link? I noticed that a lot of the files uploaded by Kos93 has allready been deleted on Commons. I made a post at Commons:Commons:Administrators'_noticeboard and created Commons:Category:Files uploaded by User:Kos93 to make it easier to find and delete copyvios. --MGA73 (talk) 18:38, 15 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Archive 30#User:Kos93 and possible serial copyright violations then Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2011/12#User:Kos93. MER-C 03:16, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you. A DR has been started for some of the files at Commons:Commons:Deletion requests/Files uploaded by Kos93. It will take some time to check them all. You are most welcome to comment on Commons and if you know a way to make a list of the files and their metadata it would be easier to spot the files that is most likely to be a problem. --MGA73 (talk) 06:51, 17 April 2012 (UTC)


 * I did a spot check of a slew of them, and after finding no issues, I'm closing this. Since the images are on commons, it's technically out of our scope on enwiki. We've already gotten rid of the clear problems, so any that may have issues would be minor or borderline. It would be too much of a timesink for really no gain. Wizardman  02:17, 23 September 2014 (UTC)

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