Commons:Deletion requests/File:E. M. S. Namboodiripad (crop Kottayam-citu).jpg

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File:E._M._S._Namboodiripad_(crop_Kottayam-citu).jpg

Photo is a crop of an election poster for which there is no evidence that it is free. Hekerui (talk) 08:20, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

 Oppose as Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#India for File:Kottayam-citu.JPG, as well as File:E. M. S. Namboodiripad (crop Kottayam-citu).jpg, and other Indian election posters/murals by Soman. And, i'm completely convinced that CPI(M) does not have any restrictions against that work ;-) 84.75.160.122 11:54, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#India says "if such work is permanently situate in a public place or any premises to which the public has access" which is not the case for an election poster. And where is the evidence for "no restrictions" by the CPI(M)? Hekerui (talk) 12:00, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi Hekerui, for File:Kottayam-citu.JPG, as well as for File:E. M. S. Namboodiripad (crop Kottayam-citu).jpg: imho there's no need to prove any "evidences for no restrictions", as every political party appreciates (very much, indeed!) such kind of public "advertisement" – another term maybe used for political posters – or photographs taken by anyone on every media (Wikimedia commons p.e.) for its candiates respectively for the political party itself – long, long year human experiences, honestly ;-). Regards, 84.75.160.122 12:25, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

 Delete for two reasons: (1) Freedom of panorama in India, like in the United Kingdom, does not apply to two-dimensional objects such as posters. (2) The burden is on the uploader to prove satisfactorily that the copyright holder has consented to the image being licensed to the Commons under a free licence. We do not accept reasons such as "I'm sure the copyright holder would be very happy for more publicity", because we cannot assume this on behalf of copyright holders. Don't forget that images on the Commons may be downloaded and used freely for other purposes, including commercial purposes, and may even be modified. The copyright holder may not be so happy if he or she discovers that his or her image has been used for some embarrassing purpose that he or she was unaware of. — Cheers, JackLee ^–talk– 19:21, 4 September 2010 (UTC)

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Deleted.      Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 02:42, 13 September 2010 (UTC)