Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Noopur
Hey, I might be able to help you out identifying the work. What info do you need on these? On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Do we have an official contact with the National Museum, New Delhi? There are interesting documents there which could add

[Wikimediaindia-l] WikiConference India Logo

2011-06-29 Thread wheredevelsdare
Hiya, Thank you to everyone who voted for the WikiConference India Logo from the eight designs submitted. Design Six (Arvind Lodaya and Shekhar Krishnan) been chosen by the community and will be the new event logo. You can view the design here:

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Ashwin Baindur
Yann, these images should be licensed as being in public domain as of now. How come you have claimed copyright? Warm regards, User:AshLin -- On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Do we have an

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Gautam John
On 29 June 2011 15:00, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: Yann, these images should be licensed as being in public domain as of now. How come you have claimed copyright? Because he took them? Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Ashwin Baindur
We have many people who scan images from books, etc. In those cases we give copyright as applicable, as public domain if they are old. Is the case different in case we take photos from art? Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- On Wed, Jun 29, 2011

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Gautam John
On 29 June 2011 15:15, Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com wrote: We have many people who scan images from books, etc. In those cases we give copyright as applicable, as public domain if they are old. Is the case different in case we take photos from art? Very much! A picture of the Mona

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Prashanth NS
HmmI guess the choice is personal here - copyrightable captures that well. And if a copyright is chosen, perhaps sweat of the brow reasoning applies? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweat_of_the_brow). anyways, the license chosen in this case is not restrictive. On 29-Jun-2011, at 11:46

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Yann Forget
Hello, 2011/6/29 Ashwin Baindur ashwin.bain...@gmail.com: Yann, these images should be licensed as being in public domain as of now. How come you have claimed copyright? The policy is that photos of 3D work of art are copyritable. I changed the license for 2D work of art. Warm regards,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Yann Forget
Hello, 2011/6/29 Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com: Hey, I might be able to help you out identifying the work. What info do you need on these? More complete description, date, etc. Thanks for your help, Yann On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Yann Forget yan...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, Do we

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Vickram Crishna
Noopur, please clarify about the difference between a camera photograph and a scanned photograph. I am not clear how a photograph automatically gains the status of a work of art, unless this is a legal definition and is not meant to be analysed from an 'artistic' point of view. On Wed, Jun 29,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Yann Forget
Hello, 2011/6/29 Noopur noopur.ra...@gmail.com: Hey, I might be able to help you out identifying the work. What info do you need on these? Here is an example with complete information: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vishnu_holding_lotus_flowers,_National_Museum,_New_Delhi.jpg Regards,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Pranesh Prakash
On Wednesday 29 June 2011 03:16 PM, Gautam John wrote: Very much! A picture of the Mona Lisa is copyrightable. Even if the painting of the Mona Lisa is out of copyright. I normally would hold that this is so, and have done so for years. However, given the recent interpretations by the Delhi

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Pranesh Prakash
On Wednesday 29 June 2011 03:20 PM, Vickram Crishna wrote: It's an interesting point. A photograph of a piece of art or heritage cannot logically* claim copyright, but what about a picture of a friend standing in front of said piece of art/heritage? That is, undoubtedly, copyrightable (and

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] National Museum, New Delhi

2011-06-29 Thread Gautam John
On 29 June 2011 17:49, Pranesh Prakash pran...@cis-india.org wrote: Very much! A picture of the Mona Lisa is copyrightable. Even if the painting of the Mona Lisa is out of copyright. I normally would hold that this is so, and have done so for years. However, given the recent interpretations

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2011-06-29 Thread Moka Pantages
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