Commons:Project scope/Evidence

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It is for the uploader to supply suitable evidence, where required, to demonstrate either that the file is in the public domain or that the copyright owner has released it under a suitable licence. Typically that requires at least that the source of the file be specified, along with the original source where the file constitutes a derivative work. Also, the copyright owner/author should be identified, if known or reasonably ascertainable. Where there is any query, evidence may need to be supplied that the copyright owner has indeed released the file under the purported licence.

Where the file is a photograph which shows an identifiable person, the subject's consent is also required in the circumstances set out at Commons:Photographs of identifiable people.

In all cases, the burden of proof lies on the uploader or other person arguing for the file to be retained to demonstrate that so far as can reasonably be ascertained:

  • the file is properly licensed (or is in the public domain), and
  • that any required consent has been obtained.
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