Commons:Deletion requests/File:Sunrise at West Pier.jpg

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File:Sunrise at West Pier.jpg

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Stated author is not the copyright holder. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 14:19, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the following, copied from the English wikipedia Talk Page at Talk:West Pier#Photo

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The attribution to the photo has been stolen by Christerajet. The photo is actually my own: Thomas Knowles. I have the original RAW image data, EXIF data and edited EXIF data to prove this if necessary. You can contact me through my website if you wish to challenge this in any way. Please immediately attribute the photo to myself, but I would prefer this photo is removed and another used in place. Christerajet... this is theft. Do not claim other people's art is your own. tomknowlesphotography.com 80.94.196.2 (talk) 08:49, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Further to this, I've noticed that the resolution appears high and request that the image is removed in its entirety. It does not fall under Wikipedia's Image Use Policy guidelines with regards to copyright and licensing. Please consider this a cease and desist for use of such intellectual property. 80.94.196.2 (talk) 11:29, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Please confirm which photo you are referring to. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 12:40, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
It will be File:Sunrise at West Pier.jpg, which appears to be the only contribution on any Wikipedia project by User:Christerajet. DuncanHill (talk) 12:57, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I had assumed so but this IP address has a couple of vandalism warnings so I was cautious about assuming the complaint was valid without some form of confirmation. The image was uploaded about 4 years ago. According to the EXIF data the photo was taken with a Canon EOS 77D and Mr Knowles website says he uses Sony cameras and lenses. See [1]. Entirely possible that he has changed his camera set-up in the intervening period.
Having looked through the galleries on his website I can quite believe this photo is in his style. The IP address Geolocates to Helston and there is an extensive gallery of Cornish photos. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 14:07, 21 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I have contacted both Tom Knowles and Chisterajet privately, and will report back here once I have responses. MichaelMaggs (talk) 10:23, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for contacting them, hopefully that might help clarify the situation. Richard Nevell (talk) 12:08, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I've also tried to contact Tom Knowles but have had no response. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 14:18, 25 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]
 Keep Thomas Knowles says above "You can contact me through my website", but his site has no contact details on it. I have had no response from either him (via Flickr) or Chisterajet (via Wikimedia email). Unless anyone else can get responses, I think this will have to be resolved on the basis of the information we have so far. In the absence of confirmation that the IP complainant actually is Thomas Knowles, and in the absence of evidence that the image is in fact 'stolen', I think we should keep this. Anybody alleging that an image is stolen should be prepared to provide evidence backing that up. MichaelMaggs (talk) 11:45, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I left a message via the form on his website but have still had no acknowledgement. If he was that bothered I would have thought some sort of response was forthcoming. So agree that we should keep it without further evidence. Murgatroyd49 (talk) 15:17, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Oh, well done. There is no form when I look. Maybe my Firefox security settings suppress it. MichaelMaggs (talk) 21:06, 4 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Not obvious, there is a tiny envelope icon at the foot of the home page! Murgatroyd49 (talk) 08:58, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Interesting. Not in Firefox, but I do see it if I switch to Chrome. MichaelMaggs (talk) 09:41, 5 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: Per MichaelMaggs. We don't have evidence that this is a stolen photograph. --Abzeronow (talk) 17:12, 7 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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