> Go check out the Wikipedia image of the bomb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba) and then watch the video. The

> Go check out the Wikipedia image of the bomb (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba) and then watch the video. They have the recording they pulled that exact picture on the top of the page from, except the quality is significantly better in every aspect. The bad image quality on Wikipedia is intentional because the use of this photo is restricted by copyright laws [0][1]. Resolution downscaling is done for all non-free photographs and images on Wikipedia to conform to the fair use criteria to the maximum extent under the U.S. Copyright Law. Intuitively, the copyright system in the Soviet Union (or any other country, for that matter) for works created by civil servants while performing official duties for the government should be similar to the U.S. Copyright Law - under public domain. Unfortunately, if the Wikipedia editors were correct, when Russia joined the Berne Convention, a lot of previous uncopyrightable works have been retroactively granted for copyright again. The result is an extremely complicated copyright situation, making the vast majority of Soviet Union public domain works non-free. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-Soviet https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-Soviet. Unfortunately, yes, copyright laws can be this stupid. And copyright has encumbered many historically important records similarly, what a pity. --- [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tsar_photo11.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tsar_photo11.jpg This image is a faithful digitisation of a unique historic image, and the copyright for it is most likely held by the person who created the image or the agency employing the person. It is believed that the use of this image may qualify as fair use under the Copyright law of the United States. Other use of this image, on Wikipedia or elsewhere, may be copyright infringement. [1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Files_in_Category:Tsar_Bomba https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests... If you believe the argument is mistaken and the photograph is free, you can simply screenshot the full-resolution denotation scene in the film and upload it to Wikipedia, and persuade the editors that it's indeed a public domain work, but good luck with that given the complex situation...