The image was deleted prior to the PD-Art policy change on Commons. Kaldari
On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > You just posted what is generally believed to be the position of the WMF. > You did not answer the question. What picture is referred to? Where are the > discussions about this picture? Is this the picture believed to be the bard > as he really looked like ?? > > If this is indeed the picture that is talked about, I would love to know the > motivation for its deletion. I also seem to remember that it was a featured > picture on the English Wikipedia... > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2009/3/30 Ryan Kaldari <kald...@gmail.com> > >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > 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
