Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:We Are Our Mountains

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Files in Category:We Are Our Mountains

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There is no commercial Freedom of Panorama in Azerbaijan, and these commercially-licensed images infringe the posthumous copyright of the work author, w:en:Sargis Baghdasaryan (died June 19, 2001). The monument dates to 1967. Even if Nagorno-Karabakh is claimed to still exist as a country with "limited int'l recognition", they did not have a suitable, commercial Freedom of Panorama anyway.

JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 01:29, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  • Keep It's public art. Does the artist not give up his copyright rights when handing it over to the state for enjoyment as a piece of public art? Otherwise, every piece of public art in Azerbaijan will also have to be nominated it this decision is passed. Laurel Lodged (talk) 13:21, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Laurel Lodged no, public art is subject to copyright. It is a default rule of all countries that are Berne signatories like Azerbaijan (note that the former Soviet Union had copyright law that only allows non-commercial FoP for anything in public). It is up to the opponents of this deletion request (per COM:EVID) to present proof that the sculptor indeed surrendered his economic rights to the state (yet in usual cases, the copyright was simply transferred, not extinguished). It also has been the norm to delete all post-World War II public monuments of Azerbaijan; see Category:Azerbaijani FOP cases/deleted for past deletion requests, since the country's copyright law just inherited the Union Soviet-era FoP that disallows commercial uses of anything permanently seen and accessible in public spaces. The essence of Freedom of Panorama is that commercial uses of buildings and public art are safeguarded, not prohibited or curtailed, by law, something Azerbaijan does not allow. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contrib's.) 13:50, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I've tagged all public art categories in Azerbaijan with the copyright banner. Laurel Lodged (talk) 13:54, 25 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm reaching out to the artist's son to gather more information regarding the copyright situation of his work, as he may have inherited the rights. Will update once I have more details. --Tomukas (talk) 17:45, 26 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: per nomination. --Krd 14:40, 5 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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