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File:Destruction of the Kakhovka Dam.jpg[edit]

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This file is a copyright violation for the following reason: Image is copyrighted to MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES, not the Ukrainian Army https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3223087/kakhovka-dam-southern-ukraine-blown-unleashing-flood-water

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Ste moc 21:34, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Stemoc, good catch! That's disappointing, I really thought I had found a freely licenced image of the event. Oh well, self reverting now. Cheers! Johnson524 (talk) 21:40, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I know lol, have been searching the last 6 hours but most are either satellite shots which are owned by american companies (and not ukrainian govt) thus not free. Always looks for attribution below an image of who owns the copyright, if none are provided, always assume its not free.. Ste moc 22:20, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Stemoc: Thanks for the rule of thumb, I'll keep that in mind. Good luck on your search! Johnson524 (talk) 22:31, 6 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Stemoc: if you have the time, the file has been recreated again under the same license. Could you go about removing this image again from Commons, I'm not so familiar with the process. Thanks! Johnson524 (talk) 16:50, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

yeah cascade protected so will see if i can get an admin to delete it... Ste moc 22:41, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Stemoc: It actually looks like it might be under a free license and is cascade protected now. Thanks for your help again with this, cheers! Johnson524 (talk) 22:46, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

nah armyinform doesn't own the rights to it, owned by Suspilne News,you can see the exact shot 3 seconds in on the video posted here (https://sg.news.yahoo.com/drone-footage-shows-flooding-along-150655801.html).. Ste moc 22:49, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Stemoc: Oof. You should mention this on the file's talk page- at least one other user seems pretty convinced, and the file is in use on multiple Wikipedia's now. Johnson524 (talk) 23:03, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

yep been fixing this nonsense for like the last 3 years, whenever a news breaks, idiots start adding random images they find to the major wikis and admins on those wikis don't do a double check and just use those images straight away on the main pages (news), enwiki the worst lol, since i can't touch enwiki, can you get that image removed from the article on it there before one admin decides to use it on the main page..or just replace it with the free one i added, see the watermark? .. yeah..its only free if they tag it as theirs.. Ste moc 23:10, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Stemoc:

Done Johnson524 (talk) 23:35, 7 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

File:Elaine O'Neal signature.jpg[edit]

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