Hi Shyamal,
Can you please expand " I believe that the definition of "work" in the
Indian Copyright Act would leave many items ineligible for copyright and
perhaps would make sense if experts could specify them. " a bit more?
I failed to understand it, as the object/work is same thing in nearly all
copyright acts.
Regards,
Dhaval
On 11 Sep 2013 04:48, "Shyamal L." <lshyamal(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I have just noticed a nicely written document
http://copyright.gov.in/Documents/handbook.html
that makes some enlightened statement but I am not sure how well this
stands for enforcers of policy on Wikimedia Commons.
I have just got a deletion nomination for a few files I thought would be
public domain simply because they are not legal tender and are not creative
expressions.
The files in question are
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_radio_license_full.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_radio_tv_license.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_radio_license.jpg
but I see a lot more potential impact, for instance on most of the files in
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Documents_of_India
for example
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BEST-tickets.jpg
I believe that the Wikimedia Chapter in India has a role in ensuring that
good legal advise is used to clarify along with the WMF legal counsel, the
summary posted on
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-India
I believe that the definition of "work" in the Indian Copyright Act would
leave many items ineligible for copyright and perhaps would make sense if
experts could specify them.
Any comments? Also welcome on the deletion nominations for the files
listed above.
best wishes
Shyamal
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