Hi everyone,
This gets a bit confusing. Let's go step by step. You take a photo of
a building.
1. Is the buildings architect death for more than 70 years? Yes. Free
2. Is the building the main subject? No. Free.
3. Does the country have Freedom of Panorama (FOP). Yes: Free. No:
Unfree.
4. Does your Wikipedia have an exemption doctrine (like Fair Use) for
buildings. Yes: you can use the (low resolution) image at your local
Wikipedia.
Italy is a special case. The law just dictates that the Italian
government owns the rights of certain buildings.
Maarten
Op 26 apr 2011 om 12:13 heeft Lodewijk <lodewijk(a)effeietsanders.org>
het volgende geschreven:\
Hi,
lets not jump to conclusions just yet :)
I don't read the template like you do, and understand the Estonian
situation quite differently. As I understand it, there are basically
two exemptions (The Fair Use-like exemption for buildings and the 70-
year-after-death exemption) which have overlap in old buildings. The
fact that the FU-exemption does not specify the 70 year one does not
invalidate the out-of-copyright situation. And then even this is all
based on Commons-templates, which are user generated, not
necessarily by experts and simplified to make it easier to understand.
Best regards,
Lodewijk
2011/4/26 Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>
Hmm, then in that case, there is a problem with all of those
pictures. Of course, in some countries, there is a gap between the
law and enforcement. I don''t know if Wikipedia Estonia needs to
worry in the way the Italians do. Having laws doesn't always imply
enforcement. If the law is as the Commons templates currently
suggest, then I believe however that only Wikipedia Estonia can host
these pictures, since they are the only ones who can take the no-
enforcement risk.
That does mean however that they cannot take part in the Europe-
competition, because I really don't see how you can set up the photo-
upload tool to work for them.
How sad!
Jane
2011/4/26 Ole Palnatoke Andersen <palnatoke(a)gmail.com>
On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 11:14 AM, Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
...
The way to technically get around this one is to
make sure that
the object
is NOT the main subject of the photo. Then all is
well.
hope it helps,
Yes and no - in
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haapsalu_linnus10.jpg, the wall
ruin is the main subject of the photo, no matter what you claim.
Regards,
Ole
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