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File:Peter Sohn.jpg

User:Boungawa just uploaded this with the remark VRT accepted. Is this legit? This seems to be the exact same file that was deleted last year, then restored, then deleted again after User:Mussklprozz nominated it for deletion, then speedy deletion per Ticket:2022112810016691. --Rosenzweig τ 21:18, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

Hi @Rosenzweig: This is seriously a bad remark since VRT has not accepted the permissions for this file so far. I have been through the old ticket from November 2022 and it does not provide us any legitimate proof about how the upload is the legitimate copyright holder. There is just a theory and although in certain cases we believe theories, it does not appear to have any relevancy here. The new ticket repeats the same permission and is under investigation. ─ The Aafī (^talk) 08:14, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

ticket #2015101310020979

The VRT ticket system does not cease to surprise me. This image of a scientist has a VRT ticket even though it is quite clearly not tagged correctly. It says that Berthold Seitz is the "Rechteinhaber". For that to be the case, this would need to be a selfie. He may have the usage rights, but since we are talking about Germany, only the photographer and no one else can have the Urheberrecht.

Obviously I have no idea what the ticket correspondence says; maybe the uploader has actually sent you the permission by the photographer. But they should at least be given proper credit.

Considering that the uploader has quite a history of copyvios, and considering that the uploader is a confirmed sockpuppet of an account that has been infinitely blocked on the German as well as the English WP, you may want to take a closer look. Thanks, --2003:C0:8F1F:C000:D8CE:B808:476B:7357 23:06, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

I presume this is about File:Berthold Seitz.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 00:12, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

@Jmabel and IP, this is a eight year old ticket when things were not so delicate and complex. Due to the ticket being in German, I would abstain from making any comments, @Wdwd: perhaps might have something to add. ─ The Aafī (^talk) 03:40, 19 June 2023 (UTC)