ChimpanzeeThat

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File permission problem with File:Walter S. White, portrait.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Walter S. White, portrait.jpg, which you've attributed to unknown photographer. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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File permission

@Diannaa: So the man in the photograph, Walter S. White, is my great-grandfather. The photographer is unknown (the historians I have spoke with assume it was taken by White himself), but the only known hard copy of the photo was in his possession when he died. It is now in my possession, along with many other physical photos and digital scans of his most notable works. This photo has been used in books and other media, and a copy resides in the archives at the Art, Design, and Architecture Museum of the University of California Santa Barbara. I do not know the proper way to denote it here on Wikipedia, but as far as I understand it I do have the legal right to share these photos into the public domain. ChimpanzeeThat (talk) 14:11, 5 November 2017 (UTC)

Sorry but physical possession of the photograph does not mean that you own the copyright. I suggest that you supply whatever proof you have of ownership of copyright to the OTRS team using the instructions above, and one of them will make the final decision as to whether or not we can keep the photo. — Diannaa 🍁 (talk) 14:16, 5 November 2017 (UTC)