Hello, Thanks a lot for clarification. But then why some of the copyrighted statues are published in Wikipedia?
E.g.: https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luettelo_Helsingin_patsaista_ja_muistomerkeist%C3%A4 It's the whole list of them. With photos. Is there a way to upload a photo of statue without breaking the legislation? E.g., with specific restrictions. It looks like there is but I can't understand how. Is it possible to organize "Wiki loves monuments" campaign (http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org/contest/) in Finland? It looks like it is legal to upload only photo of buildings, not monuments? 2015-09-06 11:21 GMT+03:00 Reinhard Müller <[email protected]>: > > This came up recently in the context of European harmonisation, and > > Wikipedia > > provides more information on the following page: > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama > > ... and even more information here: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#Finland > > In short: the creator of a piece of art generally holds copyright > (actually more like "author's right") on the work, and distribution of > any reproduction of the work (like a photograph of it) requires his/her > consent. In many countries, there is an exception for works in public > places, which is called "Freedom of Panorama". > > In Finland, the exception only covers > a) buildings and > b) other works only for non-commercial purposes. > > Since Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons explicity require permission to > use for commercial uses, too, b) can't be applied for Commons. > > I guess we all consider this a rather stupid rule, however there are > coutries where it's far worse, for example in France. > -- WBR & WBW, Vitaly _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
