Howard Cheng howard@howcheng.com wrote on mon, 2 jun 2008 11:53:12 -0700:
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Ejdzej Wikipedysta <ejdzej.wikipedysta@gmail.com
mailto:ejdzej.wikipedysta@gmail.com> wrote:
2008/6/2 Ejdzej Wikipedysta <ejdzej.wikipedysta@gmail.com <mailto:ejdzej.wikipedysta@gmail.com>>: > 2008/6/1 Florian Straub <flominator@gmx.net <mailto:flominator@gmx.net>>: >> http://www.flickr.com/people/brooklyn_museum/ >> >> Which license tag should we use for those? PD-old? > > No, unless its > * reproduction of old photo with expired copyright (PD-old) > * reproduction of old painting (PD-art) Oh, wait... they taged it with "no known copyright restrictions". This seems to be nice, but please read: http://www.flickr.com/commons/usage/ 1. The copyright is in the public domain because it has expired; 2. The copyright was injected into the public domain for other reasons, such as failure to adhere to required formalities or conditions; 3. The institution owns the copyright but is not interested in exercising control; or 4. The institution has legal rights sufficient to authorize
others
to use the work without restrictions. My view is: 1. PD-Old 2. PD-because? 3. PD-not-really-PD ;) -- DANGER 4. CopyrightedFreeUse? More troublesome than chossing copyright tag is that "participating institutions" do not precise why there are "no known
restrictions" and
wash their hands with disclaimer: "IF YOU MAKE USE OF A PHOTO (...) YOU ARE REMINDED TO CONDUCT AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF
APPLICABLE LAW
BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH A PARTICULAR NEW USE"
I think it depends on the image. For example, we can declare http://www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/2488876755/ to be PD-US (pre-1923).
Since I'm trying to find a solution for Flinfo (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Flominator/Flinfo) which cannot choose things based on the picture. I think I will stick to PD-because with "Brooklyn Museum tagged it as no known copyright restrictions on Flickr". Any objections?
Regards,
Flo