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Henri Frenay

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OriginalHenri Frenay, a member of the French Committee of National Liberation during World War II, between 1941 and 1944.
Reason
High quality and EV
Articles in which this image appears
Henri Frenay
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/People/Military
Creator
Frink (uploaded by Christoph Braun)
  • Support as nominator -- Tomer T ( talk) 14:36, 5 October 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Comment - Awesome image, but copyright is unclear. If PWB was a joint British-American group, how do we know "Frink" was an American? —  Crisco 1492 ( talk) 00:55, 6 October 2013 (UTC) reply
    • Wouldn't it likely count as Crown Copyright (a straight 50 years) if it was British? Adam Cuerden ( talk) 08:19, 6 October 2013 (UTC) reply
      • If a military photographer, probably. What if the photographer was a civilian? —  Crisco 1492 ( talk) 08:23, 6 October 2013 (UTC) reply
        • Why would the image be in the Library of Congress' collection if that were the case? Rreagan007 ( talk) 19:10, 7 October 2013 (UTC) reply
          • The unit was semi-military, so it may have been shared between governments (it was, after all, a joint operation). Far as I can tell, Crown Copyright only goes for actual employees of the UK Gov. —  Crisco 1492 ( talk) 04:25, 8 October 2013 (UTC) reply
            • Since it is in the U.S. collection, I have to assume that it was an American who took the photo. And even if it were a civilian working for the U.S. government who took the photo, it would still be in the public domain as an image taken by a U.S. government employee. Rreagan007 ( talk) 20:08, 8 October 2013 (UTC) reply
              • Probably a safe assumption, but for FP I really want certainty when it comes to copyright. —  Crisco 1492 ( talk) 22:35, 8 October 2013 (UTC) reply
                • It is impossible to be 100% certain of the copyright status of most works. Under the Library of Congress description page for this photo it says "Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication." That's good enough for me. Rreagan007 ( talk) 18:25, 9 October 2013 (UTC) reply
                  • It's also quite possible to be "beyond a reasonable doubt" for most works, which is what I was aiming at. You raise a good point about the LOC's designation, although I note that they are sometimes incorrect. I won't oppose, but I'm not going to support. —  Crisco 1492 ( talk) 22:50, 9 October 2013 (UTC) reply
  • Support with concerns due to copyright status. -- Тимофей ЛееСуда. 02:58, 14 October 2013 (UTC) reply

Not Promoted -- Armbrust The Homunculus 15:36, 15 October 2013 (UTC) reply