I think that the gist of the article, "UK Intellectual Property Office: what is in the Public Domain must stay in the Public Domain" is similar to the principle that Commons operates on, as noted in this wording:

"Exception: Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional works of art, such as paintings, which are in the public domain are an exception to this rule. In July 2008, following a statement clarifying WMF policy, Commons voted to the effect that all such photographs are accepted as public domain regardless of country of origin, and tagged with a warning. For details, see Commons:Policy on photographs of old pictures." Source: Commons:Licensing#Interaction of US and non-US copyright law https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing#Interaction_of_US_and_n...

See also: Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag (Redirected from Commons:Policy on photographs of old pictures) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag

Yours, Peaceray

On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 4:41 AM, Liang-chih Shang Kuan < shangkuanlc@gmail.com> wrote:

Please refer to this link, http://www.communia-association.org/2015/12/04/1761/ .

Sounds like a more restricted condition for copyright holder. I am wondering is there any feedback from WMF or the UK chapter?

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