Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/November 22, 2014

The US copyright tag for File:Leafs v Red Wings 1942.jpg states that it must have been "first published outside the United States (and not published in the U.S. within 30 days)". Without evidence, I don't see how we could confidently state that it wasn't published in the U.S. within a month, given it's an image from a major sporting event of interest to people from the U.S.. We've had quite enough images of dodgy copyright tagging on the main page recently. Adam Cuerden (talk) 11:38, 16 November 2014 (UTC)


 * Is File:New York Americans 1929.jpg any better? File:1925 NYA program.jpg? BencherliteTalk 07:22, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia requires free licensing in America; I'm afraid I don't actually see a coherent argument why either of those are free in America. Hell, File:New York Americans 1929.jpg is probably copyvio, as it states it was taken in America, and doesn't give any reason to think it's out of copyright there. File:1925 NYA program.jpg might be out of copyright, but we'd need to check the whole program for a copyright notice, and only have one page (which may be cropped). Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:17, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for checking. I guess we run without an image, then - the others are a bit too irrelevant (e.g. individual players not otherwise mentioned, teams pre-dating the formation of the NHL). BencherliteTalk 23:38, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * If we had more than four days we could probably sort something out, but it's hard when there's a problem this near to the time. I suppose that searching "National Hockey League" on the Library of Congress might pull up something already copyright checked. I'll do that. Adam Cuerden (talk) 23:56, 17 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Not seeing anything there. But I found File:MLG 1931w.jpg which has a much, much safer copyright status - event program for an event in Canada, hence no reason for it to be republished in the US. Adam Cuerden (talk) 00:04, 18 November 2014 (UTC)