Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Superman artwork

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Superman statue in Metropolis, Illinois

Setting aside any potential issues of character copyright, the current Superman statue in Metropolis, Illinois, was created in 1993 (source), and is therefore automatically copyrighted without any requirement for notice or registration. Therefore photographs of it are unauthorized derivatives of a copyrighted work, and must be deleted.

• File:Barack Obama with Superman cropped.jpg
• File:Barack Obama with Superman.jpg
• File:Estatua de Superman.jpg
• File:Giant Superman statue, front view.jpg
• File:Giant Superman statue, side view.jpg
• File:MetropolisIL Courthouse.jpg
• File:Statue de superman.jpg

cmadler (talk) 09:33, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

•  Delete Per Commons:Freedom_of_panorama#United_States Freedom of panorama in the United States does not cover sculptures. Lobo (howl?) 17:02, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

• However,  Keep File:Barack Obama with Superman.jpg, it's in PD as a work from the government of the United States. Lobo (howl?) 17:09, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

• • (ec) Not so. "Public domain" is not a positive claim, it's a negative claim (the absence of copyright). More specifically, the relevant law (17 USC § 105) says "Copyright protection...is not available for any work of the United States Government..." So, assuming it's actually a work of the US government (source is now a dead link), the photo can not attract any additional copyright protection, but that doesn't cancel out copyright claims due to the depiction of non-government copyrighted works, such as this.

Further, I see no actual evidence of it as a US government work. The source is now a dead link, but checking through the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, the caption gives no information about the photographer. I don't know that we can assume that, just because it's hosted on a US government site, it is necessarily a US government work in the copyright law sense. cmadler (talk) 19:48, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

•  Delete all. File:Barack Obama with Superman cropped.jpg has an odd licence: {{self|PD-USGov}}. Is the uploader the US government? {{PD-USGov}} doesn't help for any image since the statue isn't a work by the US government. The US government can only put the photographic copyright in the public domain whereas the statue copyright remains with the sculptor (or DC Comics or whoever the copyright holder is). --Stefan4 (talk) 19:37, 24 December 2012 (UTC)

•  Delete all. Hosting any of the photos here would appear to infringe on the statue's copyright (including the Obama ones, even if taken by a federal employee). --Avenue (talk) 10:39, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

How does this issue become resolved? There is no precedence to claim copyright on this image. Unless someone whom believes themselves to be the owner of this image comes forth there is nothing to talk about. I hope this issue becomes resolved today. It's Christmas- please clear up this pollution. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 108.16.61.129 (talk) 17:08, 25 December 2012‎‎ (UTC)

Also a president in front of a superhero constitutes parody.

Like you people are whining about nothing. — Preceding unsigned comment was added by 108.16.61.129 (talk) 17:14, 25 December 2012‎‎ (UTC)

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Deleted: per consensus. INeverCry 00:15, 28 December 2012 (UTC)