Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Carnaby Street sign.jpg
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Non-free in source country. Westminister claims copyright on this design [1] ViperSnake151 (talk) 18:50, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- Surely this design is not eligible for copyright, as per the info at Commons:Copyright#Simple_design?
- Yes this design seems really straightforward. I wonder why the Westminster Council’s Director of Transportation bothers to insist on such a claim. Compare with a Paris street sign : Image:Street sign avenue de Tourville Paris.jpg ! ! Teofilo (talk) 19:24, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- By the way, the original author of this image should also be notified on en.wikipedia. Mike Peel (talk) 19:03, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- I've done a little more digging into this. As it's a government work, crown protection would apply rather than standard copyright. It was created in 1967, which means that if it is under copyright then that ends in 2017 (a 50 year term). I think (but am not sure) that freedom of panorama applies to crown copyright protection, in which case we're fine. It seems that UK copyright doesn't have an exception for simple designs; see User:Lupo/Simple Photographs. I have emailed Mr. Low of Westminster Council, whose email address is in the linked-to press release, to ask him whether freedom of panorama does apply here. I will post any reply I get here. Mike Peel (talk) 10:31, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
Keep Not eligible for copyright. Yann (talk) 22:58, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
Closing as kept; per policy simple text not copyrightable design; likely FOP in any case. -- Infrogmation (talk) 17:41, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
