Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Files depicting Superman
Files in Category:Files depicting Superman or subcategories
[edit]DC Comics retains a valid character copyright on Superman until January 1, 2034. For previous discussions, see Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Donaldduck-thespiritof43-2.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:Superman-fleischer.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Fleischer and Famous Studios Superman images, Category talk:PD Cartoon - Superman#character copyright, Commons talk:Derivative works#Character copyright status, and Commons:Deletion requests/File:"Appreciate America. Come On Gang. All Out for Uncle Sam" (Mickey Mouse)" - NARA - 513869.tif#File:"Appreciate_America._Come_On_Gang._All_Out_for_Uncle_Sam"_(Mickey_Mouse)"_-_NARA_-_513869.tif_3. Other current DRs include Commons:Deletion requests/File:1951Superman.jpg, Commons:Deletion requests/File:1951Superman002.jpg, and Commons:Deletion requests/File:Stamp Day for Superman.jpg, and Commons:Deletion requests/File:Stamp Day for Superman (cropped).jpg. Files in Category:Superman and his cast or subcategories which depict Superman or any other DC Comics characters which still have a character copyright are included by reference.
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- File:Kirk Alyn as Superman in a publicity still from 1948.jpg
- File:Superman against the scientist's weapon.jpg
- File:Superman cartoon showdown.JPG
- File:X-Ray vision.jpg
— 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 19:45, 12 November 2022 (UTC)
- The copyright for this particular image was not renewed and has lapsed into the public domain. Kurzon (talk) 17:40, 20 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Kurzon: Which image? How do you know? — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 11:34, 21 November 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: There's a registry in the Library of Congress that lists all copyrighted works that were renewed before 1976. You can read them on archive.org. To renew a copyright, you actually had to register a renewal request with the government. If you didn't do anything, the work would automatically lapse into the public domain when the deadline passed. Now I think it's very likely that this photo of Kirk Alyn is not listed in that registry of renewals. It's just a publicity photo, it was too much paperwork to renew such minor works like this one. If a work does not appear in the registry of renewals, it's safe to assume it was not renewed. Kurzon (talk) 15:11, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
- @Kurzon I see, so you mean File:Kirk Alyn as Superman in a publicity still from 1948.jpg? — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:15, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
@Jeff G.: Yep. Although I read somewhere that the Fleischer Superman cartoons are also public domain, because WB forgot to file a renewal request. Kurzon (talk) 15:34, 30 November 2022 (UTC)
- Delete - Regardless of whether these particular instances have valid copyrights or not, DC Comics still has a valid character copyright on Superman. So unless Superman is painted out of these images, they are copyright violations, as discussed ad nauseum in the previous requests mentioned by Jeff G.. Nosferattus (talk) 21:34, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
Keep As per Kurzon. These images are known to be in the public domain and serve a useful purpose in various wikipedia articles. If there's any question re their copyright status, contact Wikimedia's legal department. AshFriday (talk) 03:35, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- Keep Only the Kirk Alyn image. That image does not depict "Superman", it depicts Kirk Alyn in a costume. It has been established on Commons multipe times that costumes are not considered derivative works of characters. Cosplay is allowed, and that is essentially the exact same thing as an actor in a costume playing a role.
Delete the cartoon images. Di (they-them) (talk) 16:43, 3 January 2023 (UTC)
Deleted: per nomination, deleted the 3 drawn images/taken from a film, per character copyright. Kept Kirk Alyn, per my reasoning of Commons:Deletion requests/File:1951Superman.jpg. --Ellywa (talk) 18:06, 21 March 2023 (UTC)