I'm assuming it refers to stuff built in those countries whilst they were
part of the Portuguese empire. Much of that will be well out of copyright
as the Portuguese Empire peaked centuries ago.
I think it would be sensible to do something similar for the British
Empire, but with the slight issue that as the Empire covered a quarter of
the globe less than seventy years ago there will be some stuff that is
still in copyright.
I'll ask the UK chapter by cc if they'd be willing to fund a prize for
"monumental legacy of the British Empire" - obviously there may be some
sensitivities on this so any suggestions as to how not to do this would be
appreciated. But potentially this could give a participation route for
people in large parts of the world that might not otherwise be covered by
WLM.
I'm thinking along the lines of:
No target database.
Anyone may enter.
Any image loaded to Commons in Sept 2012 would qualify, provided it is of a
building or monument built during the era of British rule in a former part
of the British Empire.
Entry would be done by adding a hidden category to the article
[[:category:WLM 2012 - monumental legacy of the British Empire]]
I guess the UK itself should be excluded.
WSC
On 11 May 2012 09:39, Cristian Consonni <kikkocristian(a)gmail.com> wrote:
2012/5/10 Nicolas VIGNERON
<vigneron.nicolas(a)gmail.com>om>:
2012/5/10 Vicenç Riullop
<vriullop(a)hotmail.com>om>:
> These is very interesting, Nuno. I am curious about Portuguese
monuments in
> Espanha and Itália :-) Is the registrant
official? Say, a reliable
source?
> You could create an international list of
Portuguese monuments abroad
(maybe
Brazil is
a special case). Then it could be shared in other languages,
regardless if there is any special prize or not.
Vicenç
There is more or less the same thing for France.
Some territories where once inside the French colonial empire but are
not anymore. In the meantime (roughly beetween 1840 and 1940), some
monuments were officialy protected. Obviously, they're no more
official nowadays (except if the local gouvernement decide to
re-protect them by itself).
Eg.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_monuments_historiques_des_d%C3%A9par…
I'm not getting what this "Portuguese Empire monuments" means...
It means that these monuments are under the control of the Portuguese
embassy? Are we free to photograph them?
In Italy, for Italian monuments (sic), one should ask a permission to
take a photo of a monument and release to the public (for instance
with a CC-BY-SA). This permission can be granted by local
Sovrintendenze (the government). Is the situation for the 4 monuments
indicated above in some way different?
Cristian
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