diff --git a/static/js/infoView.padma.js b/static/js/infoView.padma.js
index 5aea6c750..33e95a771 100644
--- a/static/js/infoView.padma.js
+++ b/static/js/infoView.padma.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ pandora.ui.infoView = function(data) {
 
     var ui = pandora.user.ui,
         canEdit = pandora.site.capabilities.canEditMetadata[pandora.user.level] || data.editable,
-        canRemove = pandora.site.capabilities.canRemoveItems[pandora.user.level],
+        canRemove = pandora.site.capabilities.canRemoveItems[pandora.user.level] || data.editable,
         css = {
             marginTop: '4px',
             textAlign: 'justify'
diff --git a/static/js/item.js b/static/js/item.js
index 54ca7830a..2e3663167 100644
--- a/static/js/item.js
+++ b/static/js/item.js
@@ -119,9 +119,7 @@ pandora.ui.item = function() {
         } else if (pandora.user.ui.itemView == 'media') {
 
             pandora.$ui.contentPanel.replaceElement(1,
-                pandora.$ui.item = pandora.ui.mediaView({
-                    id: result.data.id
-                })
+                pandora.$ui.item = pandora.ui.mediaView(result.data)
             );
 
         } else if (pandora.user.ui.itemView == 'frames' || pandora.user.ui.itemView == 'posters') {
diff --git a/static/js/mediaView.js b/static/js/mediaView.js
index 8a1627d1a..f5cbd37da 100644
--- a/static/js/mediaView.js
+++ b/static/js/mediaView.js
@@ -2,19 +2,20 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-pandora.ui.mediaView = function(options, self) {
+pandora.ui.mediaView = function(options) {
 
-    var self = self || {},
+    var canRemove = pandora.site.capabilities.canRemoveItems[pandora.user.level] || options.editable,
+        self = {},
         that = Ox.Element({}, self)
             .defaults({
                 id: ''
             })
-            .options(options || {});
+            .options({});
 
     self.filesQuery = {
         conditions: [{
             key: 'id',
-            value: self.options.id,
+            value: options.id,
             operator: '=='
         }]
     };
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ pandora.ui.mediaView = function(options, self) {
                 },
                 {},
                 {
-                    disabled: !pandora.site.capabilities.canRemoveItems[pandora.user.level],
+                    disabled: !canRemove,
                     id: 'delete',
                     title: Ox._('Delete {0}...', [Ox._(pandora.site.itemName.singular)])
                 }
@@ -527,7 +528,7 @@ pandora.ui.mediaView = function(options, self) {
         );
         pandora.api.moveMedia(data, function(result) {
             if (
-                pandora.user.ui.item == self.options.id
+                pandora.user.ui.item == options.id
                 && pandora.user.ui.itemView == 'media'
             ) {
                 Ox.Request.clearCache(); // fixme: remove