[Commons-l] Library and Archives Canada images

[Padraic Ryan]

FYI, I have nominated several hundred non-PD images for deletion:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Library_and_Archives_Canada_non-PD_images

I agree with the sentiment that we'll leave it to LAC if they want to make
the case for control of the PD images.

Padraic

2008/5/4 Padraic Ryan <user.padraic at gmail.com>:

> Right now there are 1,300 images in [[Category:Images from Library and
> Archives Canada]]. While many are PD, many others have been tagged as
> {{CopyrightedFreeUse}} due to some ambiguous language on the LAC website.
> Last fall I emailed them to ask about this, and they finally replied - turns
> out my suspicion was correct, and our current use violates their license.
>
> Is there someone I should be forwarding this to? Assuming they are right,
> some mass deletions are in order. Curiously, they also seem to be asserting
> control over those images which are now PD.
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Copyright /droit_d'auteur <copyright/droit_d'auteur at lac-bac.gc.ca<droit_d%27auteur at lac-bac.gc.ca>
> >
> Date: 2008/5/4
> Subject: Images on Wikepedia Website
> To:
> Cc: Copyright /droit_d'auteur <copyright/droit_d'auteur at lac-bac.gc.ca<droit_d%27auteur at lac-bac.gc.ca>
> >
>
>
>  Dear Mr. Ryan,
>
>
>
> Your request for information concerning the possibility to upload Library
> and Archives Canada images on the Wikipedia website has been referred to my
> attention.   I had previously been contacted by another representative of
> your website and am answering your request along the same lines as that
> provided to Mr. Harden on October 22, 2007.  I believed that both your
> requests were related and therefore initially answered only Mr. Harden.
> However, to close the query in our system, I am providing an independent
> reply to your query as well.
>
>
>
> I have reviewed the Wikipedia website to determine the type of permissions
> which are granted to your users for material which is posted on your
> website.  The terms of re-use of material which appears on your website,
> specifically granting permission to modify or create derivative products,
> does not meet our criteria to ensure that the authenticity of the original
> material which comes from our collections is retained.  Additionally, the
> terms of re-use on your website state that the material can be copied and
> distributed directly from your website.  Library and Archives Canada
> requires that we be contacted for any re-use of our original material and we
> supply the copies of the material to ensure that the authenticity is
> retained.  This is achieved by licensing on a "one-time" use only.  Any
> subsequent use or re-use of our material is subject to a separate license.
>
>
>
> We are in the process of attempting to have material from our collections
> removed from your website which had been licensed for a specific purpose,
> which did not include posting on your website. Our material which is posted
> on your website is being advertised as having no restrictions, when in fact,
> there are restrictions with all our licenses, especially concerning
> modification and re-distribution.  The various disclaimers posted on your
> website, relieving Wikipedia of such activities by its contributors, leads
> us to believe that no remedial action can be taken by Wikipedia in such
> instances.  Taking all these factors into consideration, we are therefore
> not in a position to encourage posting of material from our collections on
> the Wikipedia website at this time.  Should the terms of use on your website
> be modified, we would then re-examine this request and reconsider the
> possibility of granting a permission.
>
>
>
> Should you have any questions with respect to this request, please do not
> hesitate to contact me directly.
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Thank you,
> *****Carole Cloutier*
> A/Manager
> Copyright Bureau, Services Branch
> Library and Archives Canada
> Tel:  613-992-2567 / Fax: 613-996-1341
> Email:  copyright/droit_d'auteur at lac-bac.gc.ca<droit_d%27auteur at lac-bac.gc.ca>
> Website: www.collectionscanada.ca
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