-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Cary Bass wrote: > SlimVirgin wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 10:59, Cary Bass <c...@wikimedia.org> >> wrote: > >>> I'd like to point out that in fact, these images would be >>> accepted on to Commons, because Commons respects the country of >>> origin rule rather than the PD-US rule that more often applies >>> on the English Wikipedia. >> Hi Cary, most of the image people I've checked with say that >> images on the Commons are supposed to be PD in their country of >> origin *and* in the U.S. Although there are images on the Commons >> that are PD in their country of origin but *not* in the U.S., >> they usually carry a tag that places the PD status in doubt and >> may be proposed for deletion. This means we can't use them on WP. >> > >> Look at this image for example. >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Refugees_from_Lydda.jpg > >> Palestinian refugees in the British Mandate of Palestine during >> the exodus from their homes after Israeli troops moved in, July >> 1948, photographer unknown, believed to be from, or working on >> behalf of, the British War Office. First publication date not >> known, but I do know it had been published by 1957. It's PD in >> Israel, which now governs part of that land. It's PD in Jordan, >> which governs the other part. 99.9 percent certain it's PD in the >> UK, which governed the land at the time. But not clearly PD in >> the U.S. It has therefore been proposed for deletion from the >> Commons. >> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Refugees_from_Lydda.jpg > > Yes, of course I didn't make an exception to my comment, regarding > whether or not an image was first published in the United States. > :-) Foolish me for not pointing out the exceptions; however... this > image was published in 1957 without a copyright notice, making it > public domain in the US. I've noted that in the deletion discussion > on Commons. Or does this fall under that crazy 1996 law...
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