On 8 July 2012 17:59, Adam Cuerden cuerden@gmail.com wrote:
So, let's look at that page.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-scan_tag
"The situation is more complex where the original raw scan has been enhanced on a selective basis, for example by means of some careful work in Photoshop to bring out certain details. This type of enhancement, although of course computer-assisted, may require a significant level of personal creative input, and as a result may generate a new copyright for the person doing the work.
"Clearly, where the work done is sufficiently extensive that the result has to be treated as a new artistic work (eg where a black and white original is ‘hand-coloured’), the image cannot be uploaded to Commons without a licence from the new copyright owner."
Not relevant unless you are going to take the position that you are not in fact restoring the works but creating new works that do not accurately depict the original works.