Commons:Deletion requests/File:Manafort Mug Shot.jpg
I noticed Pythoncoder removed the no permissions tag, but is {{PD-USGov}} really the correct license? While Paul Manafort was a federal prisoner, the mugshot was taken when he was booked in a City of Alexandria facility by the Alexandria Sheriff’s Office, neither of which is the federal government. Ytoyoda (talk) 16:31, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Ytoyoda I thought that the pd tag meant it was settled, but i see it isn’t, so feel free to put the tag back. — pythoncoder (talk | contribs) 17:48, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- Ytoyoda,Pythoncoder Code of Virginia, Virginia Freedom of Information Act, § 2.2-3700, passed by the General Assembly in 2013, says law enforcement agencies must provide booking photos, unless doing so would jeopardize an ongoing felony investigation. http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-nws-va-ag-opinion-mug-20150212-story.html The Attorney General legal opinion quotes the law, Section 2.2-3706(A)-(A)(I)(b) (emphasis added); 2013 Va. Acts ch. 695, https://www.oag.state.va.us/files/Opinions/2015/14-063_OSullivan.pdf, "All public bodies engaged in criminal law-enforcement activities shall provide .. . [a}dult arrestee photographs taken during the initial intake following the arrest and as part of the routine booking procedure, except when necessary to avoid jeopardizing an investigation in felony cases until such time as the release of the photograph will no longer jeopardize the investigation ..." Therefore, it is in the public domain. I hope this helps. P37307 (talk) 19:48, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
- One, sorry I messed up the lic. Two, this discussion should cover this too:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Butina_Mug_Shot.jpg Casprings (talk) 11:30, 25 August 2018 (UTC)
- Keep Yea not sure why this was brought up. These photos are public record and this one has been released already. No reason to delete I can see at this time. ContentEditman (talk) 16:16, 14 September 2018 (UTC)
Kept: no valid reason for deletion. --Ronhjones (Talk) 22:09, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
Alexandria Sheriff’s Office says "© 1995–2019 City of Alexandria, VA and others" at https://www.alexandriava.gov/Sheriff it is does not say it is PD-USGov. Emir of Wikipedia (talk) 14:55, 17 February 2019 (UTC)
Kept: Kept - please see previous discussion in which keep was the concensus. --Gbawden (talk) 07:25, 25 February 2019 (UTC)
Improper claim of public domain. The claim only applies to works of the U.S. federal government not to the works of any individual state (Virginia) or its subdivision (Alexandria County) Morbidthoughts (talk) 08:34, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
- To answer the previous argument, photos that are released to the public for viewing (put in the public record)[1] are different than photos put in the public domain with respect to copyright. There is a difference. Morbidthoughts (talk) 08:38, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
Deleted: Virginia is not a state that disclaims copyright for governmental works. See en:Copyright_status_of_works_by_subnational_governments_of_the_United_States. A mug shot may be required to be published (per P3707's citation in the original DR), but that does not free it from copyright. --Storkk (talk) 12:52, 1 May 2020 (UTC)
