Hi Fae,
Thanks for your thoughts. I think the problem is one of definition of
terms. I checked out the links you listed and they are all
interesting, but I don't believe any of them are applicable to the
case of war monuments and memorials. I think war monuments and
memorials are by definition inte
On 3 March 2013 12:10, Jane Darnell wrote:
...
> In that discussion, the whole category for the Washington, DC Vietnam
> memorial was nominated for deletion, see here:
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Category:Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial
> The last word on that discussion wa
After discussing this issue with the daughter of a Dutch WWII veteran
(yes, she's old!) I have come to the conclusion that the logic for
handling photos of artwork on Dutch WWII memorials should follow the
same rationale as this one:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/Image
However, the location of the servers wasn't the topic of the original
discussion :) So jumping back to that: Is there already a clear outcome on
the Commons community regarding the possible deletion of images that are
legal in the country of origin but might not be permitted under US
copyright law?
On 3 March 2013 06:50, James Alexander wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Tobias Oelgarte <
> tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> The problem are not the European laws. It are the US laws that don't
>> recognize the European FOP. That means it would be perfectly legal to host
>> such
On Sat, Mar 2, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Tobias Oelgarte <
tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> The problem are not the European laws. It are the US laws that don't
> recognize the European FOP. That means it would be perfectly legal to host
> such images on an European server (in a country that recogn
The problem are not the European laws. It are the US laws that don't
recognize the European FOP. That means it would be perfectly legal to
host such images on an European server (in a country that recognizes
FOP), but not on US servers, because they are subject to US law.
Am 02.03.2013 12:34,
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From: Jane Darnell
Date: 2 March 2013 10:59
Subject: [Commons-l] FOP in Europe: does this include WWII monuments with art?
To: common...@lists.wikimedia.org
Hello,
Apologies for cross-posting, but WMNL was recently approached for
helping start a photo cont
