Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Nobel Prize medals

Files in Category:Nobel Prize medals

As the header on the category page suggests, the medal is still copyrighted in its home country of Sweden until 2036 inclusive. The only way it could be PD in Sweden is if it counted as a work of applied art, which in my opinion is doubtful for a medal. File:Nobel prize medal for medicine, Sweden, 1945, to Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) who discovered Penicillin. On display at the National Museum of Scotland.jpg was taken in Scotland, but even if generally applicable I doubt British FoP would allow us to display a copyrighted Swedish work.

• File:1950Nobel.JPG
• File:Frederick Reines Nobel Prize.jpg
• File:Karlfeldt Nobelpris.jpg
• File:Nobel prize medal for medicine, Sweden, 1945, to Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955) who discovered Penicillin. On display at the National Museum of Scotland.jpg
• File:Nobel Prize Medal in Chemistry.jpg
• File:Prix nobel M.jpg
• File:The Gold Nobel Prize medal (ann19061a).jpg
• File:The Gold Nobel Prize medal (ann19061a).tif

Felix QW (talk) 20:42, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

 Keep the medal itself may be copyrighted but people can still take photos of it if they have access to it. So keep those that are photos of that kind. Prototyperspective (talk) 22:10, 6 November 2024 (UTC)

I would think that photos featuring the Nobel medal too prominently are derivative works of the copyrighted medal, and therefore we require a license for both the medal and the photo. Felix QW (talk) 16:11, 7 November 2024 (UTC)

I strongly disagree. This is just a unicolor medal of simple shapes and simple text. It's debatable whether the medal itself can be copyrighted at all. I think people are also allowed to 3D print it or create exact replicas. In any case, the photo of the medal can be CCBY or PD if the photographer specifies it so. Prototyperspective (talk) 16:55, 7 November 2024 (UTC)