I am sharing you some old painting and photographs category at commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Indian_paintings_in_the_Los_Angeles_County_Museum_of_Art http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Historical_images_of_Kolkata
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 10:17 AM, jayanta nath <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear sankarrukku Sir, > > Hello sir how are you? > > Regarding your comments "*we can not upload the photograph of any old > Indian painting or sculpture to Wiki Commons*." I am just clarifying you > that can do that. You you have to prove that those images are *"old Indian > painting or sculpture*" by proper source and painter and *sculpture name.* > > Just I want to mention that According to The Indian Copyright Act, > 1957<http://www.education.nic.in/CprAct.pdf>(Chapter V Section 25), Anonymous > works, photographs, cinematographic works, > sound recordings, government works, and works of corporate authorship or of > international organizations enter the public domain 60 years after the date > on which they were first published, counted from the beginning of the > following calendar year (ie. as of 2011, works published prior to 1 January > 1951 are considered public domain). Posthumous works (other than those > above) enter the public domain after 60 years from publication date. Any > other kind of work enters the public domain 60 years after the author's > death. Text of laws, judicial opinions, and other government reports are > free from copyright. > > On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Bishakha Datta > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> The follow-up mail to the previous one. Again please cc him on replies. >> Bishakha >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Sankar Viswanathan <[email protected]> >> Date: Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:36 PM >> Subject: Re: Commons:Deletion requests/File:Mahasaraswati.jpg >> To: Bishakha Datta <[email protected]> >> >> >> Thank you, Bishaka. >> >> Posting to the India list would be ideal. But I do not know how to do it. >> >> >> Sankar >> >> Service to Humanity is Service to God >> >> >> >> >>> On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 4:12 PM, Sankar Viswanathan < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello Bishaka, >>>> >>>> Thank you for your response to my mail. >>>> >>>> The discussion is still going on. But the dice is loaded in favor of >>>> deletion. >>>> >>>> There are certain points which were raised in the discussion. >>>> >>>> Wikipedia is paranoid about Copyright. Of course this is a result of the >>>> U.S law and any number of cases. There was a time when any image available >>>> on the web was accptable to Wikippedia. I think they had some problems >>>> then. >>>> Of course there are some people who take delight in Deletion. Kind of a >>>> sadism. >>>> >>>> <<So to keep such images in Commons, either Indian government or Commons >>>> needs to have a policy addressing all pictures for which original >>>> authorship >>>> is unknown, or at the least about paintings of God which is widely >>>> available. Until then, we can either assume good faith and keep this image >>>> or start a new mass DR for all the images in the category Hindu deities.>> >>>> >>>> Indian government will not do anything. But Wiki Commons can do >>>> something. Another thing which is surprising is there is no assumption of >>>> Good faith. I am a volunteer. How do I benefit by the uploading of the >>>> image? Actually most volunteers like me do end up by spending money, >>>> because >>>> my internet connection is not free. I do not use an internet connection >>>> provided by any organization. This atitude of "there is no assumption of >>>> Good faith" will put off many people. >>>> >>>> I can not imagine anybody from India suing Wikipedia over an obscure >>>> painting in a temple. >>>> >>>> Now they are quoting the U.K law on which the Indian law is modelled to >>>> say that Wall paintings are not covered. This would effectively stop upload >>>> of many of the paintings in temples. >>>> >>>> But in India in a public temple, the installed idol itself is held to be >>>> the temple’s legal owner, and the beneficiaries—those to whom the endowment >>>> is dedicated --—are the general public. Does this change the position? I >>>> wonder. I have posted this. >>>> >>>> I am having another problem with this image. There is one person called >>>> Pebble101 who is bent on deleting this image from the article.He deleteds >>>> it >>>> time and again for no reason. He could be the author of the last unsigned >>>> remark on the deletion page. >>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saraswati&action=history >>>> >>>> The problem is there is nothing I can do. When I had such problems >>>> earlier I was asked to go for Arbitration. >>>> >>>> I thought I had to share my concerns with some one. >>>> >>>> Thank you. >>>> >>>> Sankar >>>> >>>> Service to Humanity is Service to God >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimediaindia-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l >> >> > > > -- > With Warm Regards, > *Jayanta Nath* > Calcutta,West Bengal > Facebook :http://www.facebook.com/jayantanth > Wikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jayantanth > আসুন পাইরেসি মুক্ত ভারত গড়ি,সবাই মুক্ত সফ্টওয়ার ব্যবহার করি [image: > O:-)],অন্যকে ব্যবহারে উৎসাহিত করি। > ______________________________ > > Wikimediaindia-l mailing list > [email protected] <[email protected]> > [email protected] > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb> > > > > -- With Warm Regards, *Jayanta Nath* Calcutta,West Bengal Facebook :http://www.facebook.com/jayantanth Wikipedia :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jayantanth আসুন পাইরেসি মুক্ত ভারত গড়ি,সবাই মুক্ত সফ্টওয়ার ব্যবহার করি [image: O:-)],অন্যকে ব্যবহারে উৎসাহিত করি। ______________________________ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list [email protected] <[email protected]> [email protected] <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-in-wb>
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