[WikiEN-l] Application of the {{pd-art}} tag

[Matt Brown]

On 4/11/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 4/11/06, Matt Brown <morven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I can legally scan any image in the book and place it on Wikipedia.  I
> > do not need to assume the validity of Bridgeman v. Corel in order to
> > do so.
>
> Perhaps but you do need to in order to tag it correctly.

In that, if there is ever a legal decision that permits copyright for
slavish reproductions of 2D art, I need to explicitly release my scan
into the public domain (or other Wikipedia-approved licensing) as
well?  Noted.

-Matt, who was going to make a snarky comment then realised you had a point