LvcAK47

File permission problem with File:Syrian workers protest in front of UN headquarters in Damascus, Dec 2013.jpg

Thanks for uploading File:Syrian workers protest in front of UN headquarters in Damascus, Dec 2013.jpg. I noticed that while you provided a valid copyright licensing tag, there is no proof that the creator of the file has agreed to release it under the given license.

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If you have uploaded other files, consider checking that you have provided evidence that their copyright owners have agreed to license their works under the tags you supplied, too. You can find a list of files you have created in your upload log. Files lacking evidence of permission may be deleted one week after they have been tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. You may wish to read the Wikipedia's image use policy. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 14:58, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

Sana (Syrian Arab News Agency) has given a public permission in late 2011 to anyone interested to republish the images or text from their web site. Their videos are open for download too (http://sana.sy/section.html?&req=videonews&newlang=eng). They could confirm this over e-mail, but it seems that my e-mails to them are unable to be delivered (due to DDoS attacks I'm guessing). LvcAK47 (talk) 14:47, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

No confirmation was found on your link. Sfan00 IMG (talk) 10:01, 19 December 2013 (UTC)

I know, I pasted that link as an example, not as a proof. They publicly announced that all content on their web site can be reused freely by anyone, anywhere. I am still trying to reach them over e-mail, but I'm still getting a failure to deliver notifications. LvcAK47 (talk) 10:08, 19 December 2013 (UTC)