On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 11:59 AM, Jane Darnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > Apologies for cross-posting, but WMNL was recently approached for > helping start a photo contest for WWII monuments. Based on this > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Freedom_of_Panorama_in_Europe_NC.svg > We assumed that these photographs could be used on Wikipedia, but the > recent discussions about the DMCA takedown notice for this > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Houseball_(Oldenburg_and_van_Bruggen) > indicate that FOP in Europe is not really FOP. > > To be careful, we have decided to cancel the photo contest idea, > though people are of course terribly disappointed about this. > > Does anyone know the status of this discussion? Of course, WLM has > brought in several thousand of these "possibly-not-FOP" sculptures, as > they are often WLM monuments themselves, or are situated directly in > front of buildings that are WLM monuments.
Freedom of Panorama is one part of copyright law where the various European countries vastly differ in their rules, so I don't think it's possible to give a general answer. -- André Engels, [email protected] _______________________________________________ Commons-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l
