Commons:Deletion requests/File:50caliberFA.jpg
To Whom It May Concern, I am the original creator and copyright holder of the file known as File:50caliberFA.jpg, currently hosted at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:50caliberFA.jpg I am formally demanding the immediate removal of this file from all Wikimedia servers and properties. I did not intend to grant an irrevocable free license to this work, and I am withdrawing any and all permissions previously granted for its use, distribution, or reproduction. Continued use of this image following receipt of this notice will be considered willful copyright infringement, and I reserve all rights to seek statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. § 504, including damages of up to $150,000 per act of willful infringement. Please confirm receipt of this notice and the date on which the file will be removed. SOVTEK - Sovtek@gmail.com Sovtek (talk) 07:54, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
Info: Uploaded 2007-04-11 by User:Sovtek to enwiki, 2014-02-25 transferred to Commons by bot. --Achim55 (talk) 08:25, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- The granting of a CC-licence is not revocable, and you apparently uploaded this image yourself.
Keep, it is a bit late for a courtesy deletion. Maybe an admin can check the original upload description on en-WP and see whether it is different from the licence that is displayed here... but I doubt that. --Enyavar (talk) 13:22, 6 May 2026 (UTC)
- Hello, your opinion is not requested, I am the owner and decider and you may leave the discussion, thanks! ~2026-27616-86 (talk) 05:22, 7 May 2026 (UTC)
- Keep. Nothing in the deleted English Wikipedia history suggests that the uploader did not intend to release this into the public domain by use of the {{PD-self}} tag. IronGargoyle (talk) 12:16, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Keep per IronGargoyle. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 17:06, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
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Comment Uploader's original text on the upload on en:Wikipedia 11 April 2007, at 02:48 by Sovtek" "I made this file myself. I took the photograph, and it is my shell casing. {{PD-self}}" -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 20:36, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Keep The uploader/photographer very specifically free licensed this image. Changing your mind 19 years later is not legitimate reason for deletion. Threats are highly inappropriate, and contrary to the explicit license you yourself stated. -- Infrogmation of New Orleans (talk) 20:39, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
- Comment: I did not see anything in Public domain or Public-domain-equivalent license that hints at such a dedication like {{PD-self}} being revocable, and due to the passage of time, claiming a mistake or something similar is likely amounting to a defence bound to be unsuccessful. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 20:52, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
Kept. @Sovtek: thank you for acknowledging so clearly that this photograph is entirely your work. In the process of uploading, you clearly granted an irrevocable license. Between those two facts, I don't see any legal basis for your claim (context: I am an admin on Commons, but not a lawyer), and certainly see no reason to grant a courtesy deletion in the face of what looks to me like a poorly grounded legal threat. If you think I have decided this wrongly, foundation:Policy:Wikimedia Foundation Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") Policy#If you are a copyright owner… makes clear two directions you can pursue. However, Commons has a rule that you cannot simultaneously make legal threats against other users and participate in the project. I will assume you were unaware of that, so I won't take any action for what you have written above, but if you make further legal threats here on Commons, I will have to block your account; I'd prefer not to have to do that. - Jmabel ! talk 23:46, 9 May 2026 (UTC)
