[Foundation-l] Panorama on Commons (Re: Czech Wikipedia's EDP and WMF's licensing policy)

Wed Dec 19 19:28:58 UTC 2007

2007/12/19, Petr Kadlec <petr.kadlec at gmail.com>:
>
> Hi!
>
> On 20 Dec 2007 02:50:36 +0900, wiki_tomos <wiki_tomos at inter7.jp> wrote:
> > If the Commons really allows such an image, it must be based on
> > fair use I imagine. I thought Commons does not allow fair use image,
> though.
> > Or am I missing something?
>
> Commons does not allow fair use. AFAICT (I did not really study
> Commons' rules on FOP) the basic principle is that you are allowed to
> upload FOP-based images, _if_ they were made in accordance to the laws
> of the respective place, i.e. you cannot upload a photo of a sculpture
> placed in a public place in USA (there is no FOP for sculptures in
> USA), but you can upload a photo of a sculpture placed in a public
> place in the Czech Republic (there is a generous FOP in CZ).
>
> -- [[cs:User:Mormegil | Petr Kadlec]]


For ordinary people:
FOP = Freedom of panorama <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoramafreiheit>

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Jon Harald Søby
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