Commons:Deletion requests/File:IMG 3354 - Bust of Francisco (Paquito) Montaner in Ponce.jpg

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File:IMG_3354_-_Bust_of_Francisco_(Paquito)_Montaner_in_Ponce.jpg

Apparently COM:DW - A sculpture inside a a stadium - who is the sculptor (when did he die?), is this sculpture already outof copyright? Or does FOP apply? Saibo (Δ) 02:54, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

• comment: perhaps COM:Licensing needs an explicit mention of Puerto Rico: is it governed only by US IP laws, and nothing else, or maybe there's something special? NVO (talk) 07:51, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
• comment: I don't know what the IP of the previous editor NVO means, but I do know US copyright laws apply in Puerto Rico. Mercy11 (talk) 21:18, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
  • If (only) US copyright law applies: Then FOP is not possible, the date of death is (for a US copyright tag) not relevant (but good to know anyway) but only the year of first publication of the sculpture is relevant and if with or without copyright notice and such stuff. See Commons:Licensing#United_States. Cheers --Saibo (Δ) 05:03, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
• comment: You have to pay to get into this stadium, where the bust was apparently located. Isn't that enough to keep the image (because it's in a public place rationale,,, sort of like taking and publishing a picture of the lincoln memorial being ok even though you didn't do the sculpture yourself). In any event, the bust was moved some 3 months ago from the inside of the "lobby" of the stadium to the front of the stadium, outside, where you don't even pay to get in. I know this to be a fact. Does that make it a keep. Mercy11 (talk) 04:29, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

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Deleted: There is no FOP exception for sculpture anywhere in the USA (which includes Puerto Rico)      Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 11:24, 28 October 2011 (UTC)