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* Is it possible that the OTRS permission for those images is still unprocessed? If so how backlogged the OTRS is?

* Is it possible that the OTRS permission for those images is still unprocessed? If so how backlogged the OTRS is?

--[[User:Zache|Zache]] ([[User talk:Zache|talk]]) 11:14, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

--[[User:Zache|Zache]] ([[User talk:Zache|talk]]) 11:14, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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== Claudio Edinger images uploaded by [[:User:Estudioe]] ==

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I note that among images covered by [https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2013020510005225 Ticket 2013020510005225] are included several book covers [[Special:ListFiles/Estudioe|''(link to files)'']]. Where it meets the [[Commons:Threshold of originality|threshold of originality]], a [[Commons:Image_casebook#Book_covers|cover design]]'s copyright is likely held by the publisher, not by the book's author, so an attestation by the author that he or she freely licenses an image of the book cover is not sufficient unless it's accompanied by a similar statement from the publisher.

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In my non-expert opinion, some of the covers in this case may fall below the threshold of originality and thus not be eligible for copyright ''qua'' book cover. Nevertheless, I often wonder when I see an OTRS ticket connected an image of a book cover whether the OTRS volunteer is aware that the author doesn't hold the rights to the cover art and therefore can't license an image of the cover. I have similar misgivings when I see a dustjacket photo of an author (or, in fact, any professional head shot) provided by the subject or an associate: typically, at least in North America, the copyright to head shots belongs to the photographer, not to the subject, so the subject's consent to publish it under a free license is immaterial. --[[User:Rrburke|Rrburke]] ([[User talk:Rrburke|talk]]) 15:39, 26 March 2013 (UTC)

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