I think this would be an excellent time for the Foundation to use those attorneys they have to render a real legal opinion as to whether this is clear or not, safe or not, etc. ...
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > IANAL, but my interpretation would be that X-rays are not copyrightable, > since they are not creative works, period. Unlike non-X-ray photographs, > they (at least, the ones we care abot -- I'm sure some artists have fooled > around with X-rays as well) are always made specifically and explicitly for > healthcare or research reasons, never with creative intent, and they would > be substantially the same regardless of the identity of the machinery > operator. > > But then, I'm a copyright minimalist. :) > > A. > > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:12 PM, James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > From time to time there is discussion on Commons regarding the copyright > > status of radiological images. As no one has any idea if they are > > copyrightable and on the off chance they are, no one has any idea who > would > > owns the copyright, there is varying degrees of support to delete images. > > (possibilities for ownership include, Xray tech, patient, ordering > > physician, radiologist, employer which could be the hospital, health > > region, government) > > > > So there are 10s of thousands of these images. They are of great > > educational importance. Having Commons delete them all would be a shame. > > Are we going to go with a copyright interpretation different than that of > > the rest of the publishing industry, which allow both physicians and > > patients to publish images? From what I remember from American law it is > > frowned upon to have a lawsuit just to determine a legal interpretation. > > > > DIscussion regarding one image is here, however there have been a bunch > of > > others before this. > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Deletion_requests/File:Computed_tomography_of_human_brain_-_large.png > > If > > we go with a strict interpretation the only radiological images that > would > > be usable is those created by VA hospitals (maybe). > > > > -- > > James Heilman > > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > > > > The Wikipedia Open Textbook of Medicine > > www.opentextbookofmedicine.com > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
