Commons:Deletion requests/File:New PHP50 Banknote (Reverse).jpg

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File:New PHP50 Banknote (Reverse).jpg

This file was initially tagged by 廣九直通車 as Copyvio (copyvio) and the most recent rationale was: The file is an image of Filipino 50 pesos banknote, which is under deletion per Commons:Deletion requests/File:New PHP1000 Banknote 2017.png as Filipino currencies are unfree.
@廣九直通車: If there is new legistlation concerning Philipine money copyright, please discuss it here. The image was considered not copyrighted in previosus discussion. Ankry (talk) 08:13, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

 QuestionBut there are also contradicting deletion requests regarding Filipino pesos (eg Commons:Deletion requests/Files of User:Vj7895 and Commons:Deletion requests/File:New PHP1000 Banknote 2017.png). Did I do something wrong? Also, are information from COM:Currency#Philippines misleading, as it said that the conditions of reproducing Filipino pesos are unfree? Please explain more.廣九直通車 (talk) 13:11, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

@廣九直通車: Deletion may be OK, or may be a mistake: I do not judge here. The earlier discussion suggests to me that the images are not "non-free" but restricted basing on non-copyright restrictions, which we generally do not care. This should be resolved in DR, or maybe even in COM:VPC and this does not qualify for speedy, IMO. Ankry (talk) 13:19, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Looking at the history of Commons:Currency I found that the Philipine section was marked unclear ( NotOK) by User:Seb26 basing on some talk page discussion (suggesting that the restrictions are rather anti-counterfreit than copyright-related) and recently changed to  Not OK by an IP user without pointing any consensus fot that. I reverted the more recent edit considering it is a vandalism. Ankry (talk) 13:44, 29 June 2018 (UTC)

Ankry: w.r.t to the Philippines, if this page from the Central Bank is legitimate I don't think there's any doubt about the restrictions imposed upon reproductions. See the text of Chapter II which is an exercise of essentially copyright rights. It permits reproductions in books, journals, newspapers, etc, which are mediums similar to Wikipedia, but those require prior authorisation beforehand from the Bank, meaning use is not free. I don't see that it is valid to interpret these rules as simply anti-counterfeit and not copyright when they clearly resemble and use the same language as many other currency regulations. seb26 (talk) 00:14, 30 June 2018 (UTC)

If the law states that they are PD in the first place, then how can the central bank impose copyright restrictions? --Stefan2 (talk) 17:51, 4 July 2018 (UTC)

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Deleted: Per COM:Currency#Philippines. If what we have listed as our rules is wrong then a proper VPC discussion should be opened for comment. As it stands, per our current reading of the laws, this can't be here. --Majora (talk) 18:59, 4 November 2018 (UTC)