Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright suit

2016-04-06 18:05 GMT+02:00 Castelo Branco : >> The decision specifically and repeatedly states that the commercial >> aspect is irrelevant, as such a database "typically has a not >> insignificant commercial value" – whether the images in this >> particular case are

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright suit

> The decision specifically and repeatedly states that the commercial > aspect is irrelevant, as such a database "typically has a not > insignificant commercial value" – whether the images in this > particular case are or can be used commercially or not. See paragraphs > 21 and 23. > > //Johan

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright suit

The blog still uses a whited out example of an 1854 statue, yet the discussion is supposedly about the sculptor's copyright. Is the Swedish court trying to imply that artists and their heirs have a near indefinite copyright period for sculpture on display in Sweden? Or is this a modern statue

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright suit

2016-04-06 0:57 GMT+02:00 Lilburne : > You still haven't got it right. What you can't do is publish a database of > images for commercial use. > > If I were to go to Sweden take photos of every publicly placed work of art > and put them on a website > there wouldn't

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright suit

You still haven't got it right. What you can't do is publish a database of images for commercial use. If I were to go to Sweden take photos of every publicly placed work of art and put them on a website there wouldn't be an issue. If I were to put them on a website and announce that they

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright suit

Hi Andreas, This blog post was corrected earlier this morning PST: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/04/strike-against-freedom-panorama/ The sentence you mentioned now reads: The Court decided that Swedish copyright law does not allow Wikimedia Sverige to post images in its online database

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright suit

Thanks, Samantha. Much appreciated. Andreas On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 8:40 PM, Samantha Lien wrote: > Hi Andreas, > > This blog post was corrected earlier this morning PST: > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/04/04/strike-against-freedom-panorama/ > > The sentence you

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Sweden loses copyright suit

Report in The Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/05/wikimedias-free-photo-database-of-artworks-violates-copyright-court-rules Wikimedia Sweden press release: