If a museum or archive asserts copyright on a PD work or art, we ignore such claims. The WMF has stated they are willing to go to court to defend the public domain status of historic artwork (and photographic reproductions thereof).
See http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:When_to_use_the_PD-Art_tag#The_position_of_the_WMF Ryan Kaldari > I'm still puzzled on what is the right thing to do with > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Undelete/File:Shakespeare.jpg > > which was deleted twice and then reuploaded. > > When a museum claims to own copyright on a several hundred years piece, do > we concede? > I recall seeing many cases of bogus copyright claims being dismissed and > file kept on Commons. So what happened there? > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
