On 8 July 2012 17:59, Adam Cuerden <cuerden(a)gmail.com> wrote:
So, let's look at that page.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-scan_tag
"The situation is more complex where the original raw scan has been
enhanced on a selective basis, for example by means of some careful
work in Photoshop to bring out certain details. This type of
enhancement, although of course computer-assisted, may require a
significant level of personal creative input, and as a result may
generate a new copyright for the person doing the work.
"Clearly, where the work done is sufficiently extensive that the
result has to be treated as a new artistic work (eg where a black and
white original is ‘hand-coloured’), the image cannot be uploaded to
Commons without a licence from the new copyright owner."
Not relevant unless you are going to take the position that you are
not in fact restoring the works but creating new works that do not
accurately depict the original works.
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geni