Category:Images subject to Reiss Engelhorn Museum lawsuit 1

Concerning the scans of photographs of the paintings in this category, the Federal Court of Justice of Germany has held on December 20, 2018, in a lawsuit by the Reiss Engelhorn Museum against the uploader, that the upload infringes the photographer's right of publication according to § 97 Abs. 1 Satz 1 UrhG, § 72 Abs. 1 UrhG, § 19a UrhG. For more information, Federal Court of Justice, please see the Wikimedia blog, German museum wins copyright lawsuit against a visitor who uploaded photos to Wikipedia, LG Berlin vom 31. Mai 2016 15 O 428/15.

Please read the notice in the "Licensing" section of this page. Because it may have been overlooked by some readers in the recent past in relation to this image, the text of this notice is exceptionally duplicated here: "This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason: The copyright has expired in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 100 years or less. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929. The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details." Please pay special attention to the bolded text and to the linked help page. For information, also note that the Reiss-Engelhorn Museums have obtained a decision by the Federal Court of Justice against the usage of this image on Wikipedia and Commons. As the Wikimedia Foundation is convinced to be right, they will appeal against the judgment. The Reiss-Engelhorn Museums could also proceed against other re-users of this picture. Therefore, caution is required when using this picture outside of Commons.