Commons:Deletion requests/Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan sculptures by Tyrantulas

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Mystery Science Theater 3000 fan sculptures by Tyrantulas

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Although the uploader did in fact build and photograph these sculptures, they are based on a copyrighted character design by the producers of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (linked above for comparison). Although they are actual robots, it is clear that their appearance is not driven by their functional purpose (rather it was driven by the desire to appear as similar as possible to the characters in the show), and so the appearance is separable. The fact that actors from the show signed the pieces and liked them does not indicate a legal release, permission, or license (even if they were the copyright holders, which I'm not sure they are). Dcoetzee (talk) 00:26, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]


This article had web sourced images for years that were clearly in violation of Wikipedia's image policy. I simply added photos that I took, of replicas that I made, and released them freely for anyone to use. Considering that articles like the one for the Chevrolet Corvette are simply "fan photos" taken of the actual car, why are these two photos being targeted? The Wikia photo linked above is from an official press pass that the wikia author has no permission to have posted there... so how does it make sense to want to post it here? Tyrantulas (talk) 13:02, 31 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: The difference is that a Corvette is "utilitatian" as defined by copyright law and does not have a copyright. These are sculptures and both these pieces and the work they are copied from do have copyrights.      Jim . . . . Jameslwoodward (talk to me) 15:58, 8 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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