Commons:Deletion requests/File:1957 Kansas k57 comparison.jpg

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1957 map, possibly still in copyright. Abzeronow (talk) 20:05, 16 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's for sure not the "own work" of the uploader, as claimed. On the other hand, Copyright status depends on who created the map (government-made maps in the US are in the public domain), and which copyright laws are applied (as far as I know, some courts have previously ruled maps being databases/compilations, which would not be awarded a level of originality worthy to protect as long as you would original works - i.e. a 1950s map might be okay). What also concerns me is the weird presentation in en:K-57 (Kansas highway), where a single map is labelled as being two different maps. --Enyavar (talk) 12:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]