It is also worth noting that Deviant art, the website in question, is a US based company [0], and the engraving in question is hosted on a server in germany [1].
[0] http://deviantart.theresumator.com/apply/ "deviantart is based in Hollywood CA" [1] http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2012/145/d/f/oscar_wilde__s_the_duchess_of_padua_restoration_by_adamcuerden-d514cor.png th09.deviantart.net >> 94.127.76.130 http://www.geoiptool.com/en/?IP=94.127.76.130 Seth Woodworth Lead Developer, finalsclub.org On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Adam Cuerden <[email protected]> wrote: > Geni, I am a UK citizen. I don't live in Côte d'Ivoire. The UK is thus > a relevant country, and if I may point you tio the actual Commons > policy, > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing > > "For example, if a person in the UK uploads a picture that has been > saved off a French website to the Commons server, the upload must be > covered by UK, French and US copyright law." > > The actual commons *policy* is that UK law applies. It even says it > applies if the only interaction with the UK is that someone from the > UK uploaded the thing. > > To argue anything else is to rewrite Commons policy. > > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >
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