Hi guys, Please help me understand this structure.
This year all works of Piet Mondriaan entered the public domain in most countries in the world (he died in 1944). If I understand the URAA these works will probably not enter the Public Domain, However I do see a lot of Mondriaan images on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Mondrian> all hosted on Wikimedia Commons. I also read on Duke University’s pages for the Centre of the Public Domain that no works will enter the public domain in the US until 2019: https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday <https://web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicdomainday> So how can Mondriaan’s work be present on Wikimedia Commons and the English Wikipedia? Is this an oversight, that we should just let rest, or am I misunderstanding how Commons deals with the US laws and Public Domain in other countries? Kind regards, Maarten Zeinstra -- Kennisland | www.kl.nl | t +31205756720 | m +31643053919 | @mzeinstra > On 01 Jan 2015, at 18:12 , Christoph Braun <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Romaine, > > it might be useful for people who intend to upload new public domain content > to Wikimedia Commons, to have a look at > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:URAA-restored_copyrights > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:URAA-restored_copyrights> > > Thanks to URAA, not all files that are in the public domain in any given > country are automatically in the public domain in the US as well. > Per https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Licensing> all files uploaded to > Wikimedia Commons must be in the public domain or available under a free > licence in the source country AND the United States. > > Christoph > > > > 2015-01-01 17:57 GMT+01:00 Romaine Wiki <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>>: > This sounds to me as something for a blog post! > > On January 1 we celebrate Public Domain Day [1] as many works of authors who > died 70+ years ago now enter the public domain and can be used freely. > > Let us be aware: copyright is temporary. It only lasts during the authors > lifetime and 70 years afterwards (in most countries). During those years it > is limiting Wikipedia and her sister projects in showing works of art, > literature, public art and buildings in countries without freedom of panorama > [2], and more in the articles. But now a new batch is freed from copyrights! > > An overview of images and texts that are restored or added to the Wikimedia > Commons, are collected on: > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine/Public_Domain_Day/2015 > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Romaine/Public_Domain_Day/2015> > > Many of these files still need a place in articles. You can help! > > You can also help by uploading new files of subjects that are freed of > copyrights. > You can also help by tagging all requests for deletion pages with the > category when the file can be restored, which is/was deleted. [3] > > As I follow the log of restored files this week, more images and texts will > follow. If still files or texts are missing in the list, let me know or add > them yourselves. > > A very happy Public Domain Day! > > Romaine > > > > [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Domain_Day> > [2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama> > [3] - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Undeletion_requests > <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Undeletion_requests> > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam> > > > _______________________________________________ > GLAM mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/glam
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