I don&#39;t know about the DMCA take down notice in question, but you need to remember that Europe is a continent with many countries, and FOP is one of the areas that hasn&#39;t been harmonised even within the European Union. I&#39;m in the UK which does largely have FOP, but only for three dimensional works that are permanently on Public display. The Houseball is definitely three dimensional but if it was in the UK I&#39;d be wondering if it permanent or temporary? For other WWII stuff in the UK a key consideration is whether it is two or three dimensional - there are some WWII related two d display boards near me which I would have photographed if they were covered by FOP.<br>
<br>My suggestion would be to only go ahead in those countries that have FOP, and include a link to the guidelines we have for commons images from that country. <br><br>WSC<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 2 March 2013 10:53, Jane Darnell <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jane023@gmail.com" target="_blank">jane023@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hello,<br>
WMNL was recently approached for helping start a photo contest for<br>
WWII monuments. Based on this<br>
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freedom_of_Panorama_in_Europe_NC.svg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freedom_of_Panorama_in_Europe_NC.svg</a><br>
We assumed that these photographs could be used on Wikipedia, but the<br>
recent discussions about the DMCA takedown notice for this<br>
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Houseball_(Oldenburg_and_van_Bruggen)" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Houseball_(Oldenburg_and_van_Bruggen)</a><br>
indicate that FOP in Europe is not really FOP.<br>
<br>
To be careful, we have decided to cancel the photo contest idea,<br>
though people are of course terribly disappointed about this.<br>
<br>
Does anyone know the status of this discussion? Of course, WLM has<br>
brought in several thousand of these &quot;possibly-not-FOP&quot; sculptures, as<br>
they are often WLM monuments themselves, or are situated directly in<br>
front of buildings that are WLM monuments.<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance for any info you have - we need a short and sweet<br>
way to inform the WWII monument committee and WMNL volunteers why we<br>
are cancelling.<br>
Jane<br>
<br>
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