Mary Mark Ockerbloom

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Yours sincerely, Jarekt (talk) 14:06, 16 October 2013 (UTC)

Thanks for the message; there was a copy-paste error in the license, which I have fixed. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 17:45, 6 November 2013 (UTC)

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	I was just browsing some of the wonderful files from CHF that you've uploaded. Thanks Mary — and CHF — for these and all the work you're doing! ragesoss (talk) 16:27, 21 November 2013 (UTC)

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File:Wilma Theatre 2013 Particle Falls 004.JPG

Just reviewing the licence on this image, can you provide a link to the permission from the artist (Andrea Polli) please ? LGA _talk^edits 01:15, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

The license in this case belongs not to the artist but to the institution whose photographer took the photo as a work for hire at the installation's opening. The artist was there and agreed to the photography; the image has been used in other publications (print and online) by the institution. I can check on Monday to see if there is an explicit document on file.

But the artist has a copyright in the work depicted and you need permission from her to release it CC, and more than she was there when the image was taken. LGA _talk^edits 22:05, 9 February 2014 (UTC)

There's a privacy & confidentiality concern here over making information from the original contract public. Instead, staff will contact Andrea Polli and request a separate permission explicitly for Wikimedia Commons to comply with the Commons requirements. So we're working on it. Where do you advise we send it once we have it? Thanks, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 00:10, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

She has emailed a permission statement to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org 173.161.142.1 19:30, 24 February 2014 (UTC)

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Túrelio (talk) 14:39, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

The mentioned permission needs to be forwarded to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org (OTRS). "Press photos" are per se not considered as Commons-compliant. --Túrelio (talk) 14:41, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

No problem, I will arrange for the appropriate OTRS email to be sent in. Do I need to add anything on the page itself to ensure that the OTRS permissions get processed? Thanks, Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:39, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

The email has been sent in. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 02:26, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

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Marcus Cyron (talk) 01:54, 19 December 2014 (UTC)

reviewed and resolved after discussion on copyright issues (pd image in book which was not copyright renewed).Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:53, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

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Fully copyrighted not OTRS?

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File:Science History logo dk blue cmyk REDUCED.jpg

Hi Mary, could you please forward the said permission for this logo to permissions-commons@wikimedia.org ? --Túrelio (talk) 08:20, 1 February 2018 (UTC)

• Instead of trying to release the logo, we are releasing an image of the mark, which has appropriate licensing for commons. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 19:47, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

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JohnBlackburne (talk) 10:50, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

• @JohnBlackburne: If it's not an acceptable license on commons, why does the Upload Wizard accept it? I assumed that since it was on the list of accepted licenses there, it would be fine. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 11:40, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

The license you supplied when uploading it does not match the one on Flikr, which is a non-commercial license. I am not sure which list you are referring to. Checking Commons:Licensing#Well-known licenses it lists acceptable and non-acceptable licenses and all CC-BY-NC licenses are not acceptable. I note also the image was reviewed by a bot but the bot was unable to confirm its acceptability, stating "The copyright status of the image was undeterminable by the bot, and requires human attention".--JohnBlackburne (talk) 11:49, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Also worth noting that I came across it on WP and clicked through, curious about the artefact in the image. If it is only meant for use in the subject’s article on WP it could be uploaded to WP under the fair use criteria, for use only in that article. It would still need deleting here though, as Commons does not allow content to use a fair use exception.--JohnBlackburne (talk) 12:09, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

Found an image of her with a suitable license of Flickr so I uploaded it to Commons: File:MX MM CONFERENCIA CELEBRACION DE MUERTOS (30367431551).jpg. Better than trying to deal with the fair use criteria. It’s a better quality image too.--JohnBlackburne (talk) 15:31, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

• @JohnBlackburne: I rechecked and you are right. My apologies: I was sure it had been 2.0 Atttribution-Sharealike which Upload Wizard lists as a compliant Flickr license, but rechecking shows it is Non-commercial. The mistake was clearly mine. I have taken the image off the page, and you are free to delete it from commons. Thanks so much for finding a better option! (I appreciate the suggestion of a fair use exception, but I tend to feel that those just confuse people about what can and can't be used.) Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 15:35, 2 November 2018 (UTC)

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Secondarywaltz (talk) 15:58, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

• Please note that as the Wikipedian in Residence at the Science History Institute, I am an authorized person to upload images to which they own the copyright. This includes photographs taken as works for hire by staff photographers. See Category:Images from the Science History Institute and Category:Events, Science History Institute. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:05, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Metadata shows copyright holder as Conrad Erb Photography www.conraderb.com and the source you give does not link to this picture. Secondarywaltz (talk) 19:53, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

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Secondarywaltz (talk) 15:58, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

• Please note that as the Wikipedian in Residence at the Science History Institute, I am an authorized person to upload images to which they own the copyright. This includes photographs taken as works for hire by staff photographers. See Category:Images from the Science History Institute and Category:Events, Science History Institute. Mary Mark Ockerbloom (talk) 16:05, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

Prove it! Metadata shows copyright holder as Conrad Erb Photography www.conraderb.com and the source you give does not link to this picture. Secondarywaltz (talk) 19:52, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

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Günther Frager (talk) 01:17, 27 August 2024 (UTC)