Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Scrabble board.png
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Tagged as speedy, but I'm not sure - can a board design be copyrighted? Deleted for having no source on enwp, but it looks pretty clearly like the uploader was the creator. -- pfctdayelise (说什么?) 07:40, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think you can claim copyright on a general idea of a board with numbers and letters, but I wonder... This has double and triple point squares in the same position, same colour scheme etc. -Samulili 15:47, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. Most board designs are copyrighted. Monopoly, for example, has copyright claims all over it. This probably is as well, since it's substantially identical to the copyrighted material. ++Lar: t/c 00:57, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- More commentary. See this search on Google... it clearly is a matter that other communities have struggled with. I am not a lawyer, and this should not be taken as authoritative, but here is some legal analysis to make your own mind up with... the conclusion that I came up with is that the writer of that document thinks that the board is trade dress. Meaning any substantially similar representation of the board is infringing on Scrabble(r) trade marks. If the representation is identical, it infringes on Scrabble copyright. I agree with that analysis although, again, I am not a lawyer. So I think a delete is in order here, the board would need to be a Fair Use image, not GFDL or PD. ++Lar: t/c 17:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Delete per above reasoning. ++Lar: t/c 17:55, 24 October 2006 (UTC)- Comment: It is taken from en.wp, tagged as PD(so I can write article of ja:スクラブル: If it tagged as GFDL, I can't write the article because GFDL version imcompatibility). Now it seems local version on en.wp is deleted, I want to know why is it deleted(I think it is deketed because "Nowcommons-PD", but not?). --PiaCarrot 13:25, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
- Pia: it was once deleted for NSD (no source), and a second time for "Now commons". pfctdayelise (说什么?) 15:14, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Deleted. Because of the restriction put forth here, it can not be considered public domain. / Fred Chess 23:17, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
