Hi Michal I have picked up on your initiative, and have made a proposal on Commons:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hosting_of_content_released_to_the_global_public_domain Could you take a look at it? Michael _____ Michael Maggs Chair, WMUK. On 29 Dec 2013, at 05:19, Michal Lester <mles...@wikimedia.org.il> wrote: > Hi, > > > As some of you know, images are been deleted in the past month from > WikiCommons due to a change in the ruling of the United States Supreme > Court. (The case of Golan v. Holder, confirming the legality of the URAA, > has restored copyright status to foreign works that were placed in the > public domain after January 1, 1996). Court ruling brought WikiCommons > volunteers to delete images that do not meet the new guideline. > Consequently, Israeli images were deleted even though the Israeli law > releases them into the public domain. > > We wrote to the legal department of the Foundation to alert about the > situation. The department has posted a legal > opinion<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikilegal/Use_of_Foreign_Works_Restored_under_the_URAA_on_Commons> > on > the subject following our inquiry. > > WMIL is going to turn to the Minister of Justice and seek for written > statement that confirm that images released by the State of Israel to the > public domain may be used freely around the world. We hope that WikiCommons > operators rely on the letter and will not delete more images. > > It will be great if other chapters will update if they encountered the > problem and what you intend to do. > > > All the best > > Michal > -- > > Michal Lester > > Executive Director > > Wikimedia Israel > > http://www.wikimedia.org.il/ 050-8996046 > > *Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > sum of all knowledge. **That's our commitment.* > _______________________________________________ > 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> _______________________________________________ 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>