Agreed, this is an article-worthy case that may have on going repurcussions for hosting PD artwork photographs for Commons.
Perhaps the first step could be an English translation of the ruling, with notes against legal terms which may be being used in a narrow legal context here, rather than using the normal plain English meaning. Aspects of the case, such as this ruling applies where the institution has photography restrictions, and that the photographs were taken by an amateur rather than the institution, are worth emphasising. Clearly this reference case does not automatically transfer risk in scenarios where those same conditions are not present. Whether this may influence the expert legal interpretation of similar European law in other countries, is probably a hypothetical to park for the time being. Is there going to be an appeal? Fae On Thu, 20 Dec 2018, 13:05 Lane Rasberry via Commons-l < [email protected] wrote: > I looked around. there seems to be no on-wiki documentation of this. > > The case itself probably rises to stand alone English Wikipedia > notability. There is no article either. > > There is a gallery of the images. > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Images_subject_to_Reiss_Engelhorn_Museum_lawsuit > > On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 6:58 AM Steinsplitter Wiki via Commons-l < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> Update regarding the court case Reiss Engelhorn Museum vs Wikimedia >> Commons user. The lawsuit concerns copyright claims related to 17 images of >> the museum’s public domain works of art, which have been uploaded to >> Wikimedia Commons. >> >> The Federal Court of Justice ruled against the Wikimedia Commons user, >> the high ql reproduction is copyrighted: >> >> >> https://juris.bundesgerichtshof.de/cgi-bin/rechtsprechung/document.py?Gericht=bgh&Art=pm&Datum=2018&Sort=3&nr=90674&pos=1&anz=195 >> >> Best, >> Steinsplitter >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> > > > -- > Lane Rasberry > user:bluerasberry on Wikipedia > 206.801.0814 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Commons-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >
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