Commons:Deletion requests/File:USP Big Sandy.jpg

We don't know who the photographer was or if this is a federal work. This was lifted from the BOP website, but that does not guarantee that it is a federal work. 66.173.140.100 00:37, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The website of the Federal Bureau of Prisons website does not assert copyright. The image was uploaded after this query at Commons talk:Licensing#U.S. government building image. The above request is presumed to be posted as a result of this discussion on the English Wikipedia. KimChee (talk) 06:27, 28 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Ever since the 1976 Copyright Act, there is no requirement on the website to post a copyright notice. It is entirely possible that the website posted the photo without even telling the photographer. The answer given at Commons talk:Licensing#U.S. government building image was far from definitive, and was incorrect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.173.140.100 (talk • contribs)

Based on edit history, deletion nominator may be a possible IP sock of User:Racepacket. KimChee (talk) 12:02, 29 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There is a related discussion at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions/Archive/2010/November#Federal_Bureau_of_Prisons_image. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.173.140.100 (talk • contribs)

 Keep I see no problem. /Pieter Kuiper (talk) 19:39, 2 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Keep. I received the following email reply from the U.S. Department of Justice / Bureau of Prisons: KimChee (talk) 18:47, 7 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photos on the BOP's public website are considered to be in the public domain; but if you plan to use them, we ask that you appropriately credit the Federal Bureau of Prisons as the source.

The Bureau's Public Information Office is (and has been) located at the agency's Central Office at the following address:

Federal Bureau of Prisons ATTN: Public Information Office 320 First St., NW Washington, DC 20534

Kept.      Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 22:12, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

 Delete Reopened discussion. The comment cited above from the DOJ is not consistent with the copyright information linked to the web site from which this image was taken which explicitly says that there may be material on DOJ web sites which was created by contractors and, therefore, not PD. It goes on to say that permission for reuse of those images must be obtained from the contractor. Since we have no way of knowing the status of this image, I think it must be deleted.      Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 14:09, 24 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted. Jcb (talk) 13:34, 2 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]