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Orphaned non-free image File:TLioF by MaraRobinson.jpg

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Orphaned non-free image File:TLioF by MaraRobinson.jpg

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Conflict of interest

Welcome to Wikipedia. If you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article The Library is on Fire, you may have a conflict of interest. In keeping with Wikipedia's neutral point of view policy, edits where there is a conflict of interest, or where such a conflict might reasonably be inferred, are strongly discouraged. If you have a conflict of interest, you should avoid or exercise great caution when:

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For information on how to contribute to Wikipedia when you have a conflict of interest, please see our frequently asked questions for organizations. Thank you. --Orange Mike | Talk 22:20, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it is true that this image could never be recreated. No moment in any live show ever could. Even by the same band/photographer combination. I discussed those very details diligently with the admin who originally granted me these upload privileges and in my rationale, and it would be wonderful to not have to keep rehashing it. Let's fix this.

Steve Five and The Library Is On Fire were in town from New York. I had never seen the band before. I had never photographed them before. I had no prior personal relationship with them. But together we made pictures. That's what I as a photographer and they as performers are driven to do: find connections and find ways of showing who they are even when I don't know them. And it obviously works because these artists chose those pictures as being a definitive representation of them. They asked to use them for publicity, with the agreement that full copyright be retained in order to preserve the image for everyone involved.

I completely appreciate the fact that you cite one of rock's greatest photographs as an example in your argument. I have that image memorized. It was taken by the man who helped me become a rock photographer: Jim Marshall. Hendrix wasn't playing the guitar. The guitar was on the floor and Jimi was squirting lighter fluid onto it and making gestures over it. And he was making those gestures directly for Jim Marshall's camera, with complete and total intent. And Marshall photographed those moments, with complete and total intent. The two of them had never met prior to that day. But do you know what happened right before the two of them made those images together? Hendrix leaned over and asked Marshall if he had film in his camera. Jimi told Marshall to "just be ready" -- and together they made some of rock's most legendary images. Marshall captured these images because the artist trusted him with it -- and the same is true of my work. Another admin assumed that I have a "conflict of interest" with the subject. Did Jim Marshall and Jimi Hendrix have a conflict of interest when they chose to make these images with each other? Of course not. And neither one of them ever allowed those images to be put in a position where they could be tampered with.

That's how my images are made. The artists perform to my camera, and I try to capture it. Including the ones of Steve Five and The Library Is On Fire that Wikipedia admins have decided to remove. So, your own argument against these works is exactly why they should be permitted to stay. Just because the artists in my photos aren't dead does not make the image any less valuable and worthy of protection. The artists I photograph are trusting me with their image. And, like Jim Marshall, I will never ever allow that trust to be violated. Of course I cannot allow them to be Free Commons. I have seen what some people with computer do to pictures. Nobody on my watch is permitted to violate the work I make with my clients. But that doesn't make it any less worthy of publication.

Nope, no conflict of interest. It's copyright law and Wikipedia rules that images can only be submitted by someone who has the rights to do so. That means me. Please remove the flag and let me restore this for my client. I have nothing to do with the text, but I'm sure we can have it amended to further clarify why it's perfectly acceptable to use the image(s) on these pages. Thank you.

File:SteveFive by MaraRobinson.jpg

Regarding the fair use rationale for File:SteveFive by MaraRobinson.jpg:

You assert that the image captures a moment that could not be recreated. However, the moment in question is not discussed at all in the article. If it were a truly iconic moment (e.g., Jimi Hendrix playing a flaming guitar), then that rationale would be supported. However, the image is used only in the infobox of the article to illustrate the subject of the article. In that sense, it is a replaceable image: any free image of Five could be used for the same purpose.

Accordingly, the image fails the criteria for use of non-free content. As a rule of thumb, the image in the infobox of a living person's article must always be a free image.

That said, if you are truly the copyright holder, you could release the image (or a low-resolution version thereof) under Creative Commons license. To do that, though you would need to demonstrate that you do truly hold the rights of the image. You would also need to be sure you want to do that, as it would allow for re-use of the image for any purpose, including commercial re-use, with only attribution due back to you. —C.Fred (talk) 22:33, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As a result, the image has been tagged for deletion as a fair-use image that is not used in any articles. If it is still unused in articles after a week, it will be deleted. —C.Fred (talk) 22:35, 14 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Disputed non-free use rationale for File:SteveFive by MaraRobinson.jpg

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