Pardon me, Michael, but I think that might be a bit too jargony. If I was a
complete novice on copyright, I'd have to read that several times to work out
that I could upload a photo of any building in the UK without infringing a
third party's copyright. The important part is that if it's 3D and permanently
lives in a public place (like a building or a statue), it's fair game. An
example might be useful in illustrating the point for novices; Nelson's Column
comes to mind...
Harry Mitchell
http://enwp.org/User:HJ
Phone: 024 7698 0977
Skype: harry_j_mitchell
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From: Michael Maggs <[email protected]>
To: UK Wikimedia mailing list <[email protected]>; Stevie
Benton <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 13 September 2013, 15:40
Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] 'Illustrating Wikipedia brochure' - your
thoughts?
A link might be good but as Katie says that will probably not help beginners.
If at all possible I'd like to squeeze this in, as in prtactice the issues
briefly coverd there are of considerable imporetance to Commons, and admins
spend a lot of time having to delete non-free contect that comes within that
field.
I'm happy to try and shorten if we can. Also, can the 'have fun!' sign off be
smaller?
This version maybe saves a line without losing content:
Freedom of panorama ('FoP') in the UK
>>>FoP is a copyright law exception which gives photographers the freedom to
>>>take a photo of any building, or any 3D artistic work (eg sculpture,
>>>jewellery, artwork) that is on permanent public display, without infringing
>>>any copyright held by the architect or artist. 'Public display' means in a
>>>place normally open to the public, including interior spaces such as
>>>museums. FoP does not extend to 3D works that are part of a temporary
>>>exhibition, nor to most 2D works such as posters or signs - even if on
>>>display in public. FoP in the UK allows all modern buildings and some 3D
>>>artistic works to be freely photographed, without copyright concerns, but
>>>note that other countries' rules may differ.
Michael
On 13 Sep 2013, at 15:08, Katie Chan wrote:
Both the English Wikipedia and Commons have a page on FoP, but they're not
necessarily beginners friendly.
>
>
>* <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Freedom_of_panorama>
>* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_of_panorama>
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>
>On 13 September 2013 14:35, Stevie Benton <[email protected]>
>wrote:
>
>Hi Michael,
>>
>>
>>Thanks for your comments. The xxxxxxx is the space for the URL - once I know
>>what that will be I'll add it in.
>>
>>
>>I will try and squeeze that text in although I'm not sure there is space. Is
>>there a URL we can point people to for fuller details of FoP? It's all a bit
>>daunting and intimidating for newbies I think.
>>
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Stevie
>>
>>
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