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: What's your question? --[[User:Rimshot|'''rimshot''']]^{''[[User talk:Rimshot|talk]]''} 00:28, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

: What's your question? --[[User:Rimshot|'''rimshot''']]^{''[[User talk:Rimshot|talk]]''} 00:28, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

::If the uploader is Björn Possiencke then they will need to email permission to [[Commons:OTRS]] for all three uploads. This is needed for images previously published as these are.--[[User:Canoe1967|Canoe1967]] ([[User talk:Canoe1967|talk]]) 02:39, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

::If the uploader is Björn Possiencke then they will need to email permission to [[Commons:OTRS]] for all three uploads. This is needed for images previously published as these are.--[[User:Canoe1967|Canoe1967]] ([[User talk:Canoe1967|talk]]) 02:39, 25 March 2013 (UTC)

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== 145 year old file ==

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I have a file from a US patent (http://davidbuckley.net/DB/HistoryMakers/1868DederickSteamMan_files/patents.png) produced 145 years ago. According to united states copyright law, copyrights expire "70 years after the author's death" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_copyright_law). I am unaware either of when the author died, or if the patent would belong to the author (Zadoc P. Dederick) or the US government. The image upload wizard says to wait 150 years. Can I upload this image now? --[[User:HighFlyingFish|HighFlyingFish]] ([[User talk:HighFlyingFish|talk]]) 00:27, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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