Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2014 April 14



File:Lee Strasberg-1976.jpg

 * The following discussion is an archived inquiry of the possible unfree file below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the media's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this section. 

The result of the discussion was: From the source of the image, there is no evidence of copyright and therefore the image is in the public domain.  TLSuda  (talk) 01:20, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
 * File:Lee Strasberg-1976.jpg ([ delete] | talk | [ history] | [ logs]).


 * This is a 1976 photo taken in Germany. Looking at the Keystone terms (upside down and in German), they indicate "Verwendung fuer Werbezwecke untersagt." --"use for promotional purposes prohibited". (Google translate) The file wouldn't be in the public domain because it's restricted to non-promotional use.  Because it was taken in Germany, we have no idea if it was first published in the US or not, as the PD-pre-1978 license states. We hope (talk) 12:53, 14 April 2014 (UTC)


 * Please show where it says that the photo was taken in Germany. The typed English description indicates that it was a U.S.-taken photo by Keystone, a U.S. press agency, who apparently sent it to an overseas office for publication there. Are you implying that Strasberg went to Germany to celebrate his 75th birthday? The lengthy text description would have said so, yet only describes his U.S. school and his career there, with no mention of being in Germany. In any case, it has imprinted Keystone's New York address, implying that it's a U.S. image, with no copyright notice. It's unlikely that a German-based photo would have it's description in English, so I'm unclear how you can say, "we have no idea if it was first published in the US or not," when the answer is obvious.


 * Rather than tag a PD image for deletion based on specious reasoning, you could have replied to the discussion on his talk page about this photo, coincidentally posted a few hours before you tagged it. --Light show (talk) 17:54, 14 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the media's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this section.