[Foundation-l] Help requested on Commons copyright woes

Thu Jul 20 13:57:37 UTC 2006

On 7/20/06, Oldak Quill <oldakquill at gmail.com> wrote:
> Photographs of copyrighted statues and of objects featuring
> copyrighted logos and images (Simpson's dolls) should be taken down
> immediately. I think photos of 2D  and 3D PD art rarely can have
> claims of copyright, but I'm not a lawyer.

So, you wouldn't allow photos of buildings where a company's logo was
on their building?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:NYC_Top_of_the_Rock_Pano.jpg
is a featured image on commons and has logos, even if they are a bit
blurry. A clearer example is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Melb_cbd.jpg

Angela.