Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

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Files in Category:Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

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According to en:Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, this is from 1997, so it is not allowed in pictorial form until 70 years after the death of the creators. I assume that all inscriptions are {{PD-USGov}} and I left out a few photos of walls where I don't think that there is anything copyrightable.

Stefan4 (talk) 18:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I did put some of those on there. If they violate the copyright law they have to go. I'm sure you've been working with copyright rules so undoubtedly you know better than I. Nothing else to be done! Thanks for pointing out this violation. I'm sure there are a lot of violations on Commons. Someone has to do it.Botteville (talk) 18:40, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Whoa Nellie. I thought of something and this is more of a question than an objection. The photos are of public monuments. You mean, if I take a photo of a public monument I cannot publish it? If that is true then there sure are a lot of copyright violations in the world. Do you know about this for certain? Let's say a school class visits the White House and the teacher makes slides. According to you, he could not show the slides without permission from the government. If you could look this up and let me know, or if you know, I would appreciate an answer. Anyone else got anything to say? Let's not delete until this is resolved. Thanks.Botteville (talk) 19:31, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The White House is an ancient building, so it is in the public domain. Secondly, you are allowed to take photos of buildings (see s:United States Code/Title 17/Chapter 1/Section 120). However, this doesn't extend to sculptures. Works by the United States government are in the public domain, but works which are only sponsored by the United States government are not. See for example this article about a different memorial which appeared on a US postage stamps where the sculptor sued the US post and got lots of money as compensation. See also other interesting pages such as COM:FOP#United States. --Stefan4 (talk) 19:41, 3 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]
If this violates copyright, feel free to remove mine. upstateNYer 23:48, 8 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: INeverCry 00:31, 10 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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