> > Just please make sure that whoever you talk to is actually authorized to
> > legally donate the rights to the images. We've had several cases where
> > someone at a company has donated a collection of images, but we later
> had to
> > delete them all because the representative didn't actually control the
> > rights. PETA and Cafe Magazine are 2 examples I remember off the top of
> my
> > head.
>
> Oh, ouch. Do we have writeups on said cases? What would constitute
> sufficient evidence?
>
Another well known example is the Ubisoft video games screenshots case.
Following an OTRS contact in December 2005 [1], Commons assumed Ubisoft
allowed users to publish screenshots of their games under a free license
({{Attribution}}). ~750 files were uploaded in four years.
There have been three deletion requests, the first two inconclusive, and
the third in November 2009 [2]. I contacted Ubisoft HQ at the beginning of
2010 with a precise report on the situation, seeking an agreement. They
answered they never knew of this deal, and did not wish to publish anything
under a free license. Files were deleted.
Also, if you are looking for successful cases in this field, we curate a
gallery of free screenshots of commercial VG [3], as well as a (sometimes
updated) summarized list of successful agreements regarding video games
companies [4]
[1] <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Avatar/Ubisoft/OTRS_thread>
[2] <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Template:Attribution-Ubisoft_3
>
[3] <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Historical_and_commercial_video_games>
[4] <
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jean-Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric/VG_screenshots
>
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