Editing Eurovision Wiki:Media copyright questions (section)

==Royal Thai Navy photos==
Does anyone know the copyright status of photographs taken by the Royal Thai Navy please? I'd like to use the photo of the burning ship in [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr5l988qr47o this BBC report], which originates from the Royal Thai Navy. [[User:Mjroots|Mjroots]] ([[User talk:Mjroots|talk]]) 14:42, 11 March 2026 (UTC)
:{{ping|Mjroots}}. There doesn't seem to be anything in [[:c:COM:Thailand]] that indicates photos taken by members of Thailand's military are considered to be within the public domain; so, I think you assume that the photo is under copyright protection and work from there. You could try asking about it at [[:c:COM:VPC]], but my guess is that this photo would probably need to be treated as [[:WP:NFC|non-free content]] for use on English Wikipedia, i.e., its use would need to satisfy [[:WP:NFCC]]. -- [[User:Marchjuly|Marchjuly]] ([[User talk:Marchjuly|talk]]) 02:19, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
::{{re|Marchjuly}} - I did look at the Thai Navy website, but I don't speak Thai and it is not a language supported by Firefox for translation. I think NFCC won't be met, mainly because a compatible photo ''could'' be obtained. [[User:Mjroots|Mjroots]] ([[User talk:Mjroots|talk]]) 03:06, 12 March 2026 (UTC)
:::If {{url|https://www.navy.mi.th/}} is the website you checked, then there's a "Language" tab at the top that you can use to switch to English. It says at the very bottom of the site "© 2022 Royal Thai Navy. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.", but that could just be a type of generic license found on most websites. You could try asking at [[:Wikipedia:WikiProject Thailand]] to see whether any of its members understand enough Thai to find something online about official Thai military photos and their copyright status. -- [[User:Marchjuly|Marchjuly]] ([[User talk:Marchjuly|talk]]) 07:57, 12 March 2026 (UTC)