Template talk:PD-art
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Suggestions
Making this was a good idea. I have some further suggestions:
- can we make it parameterised, hopefully getting someone using it to explicitly say when the painting was done?
- I think we should have some note somewhere clarifying when this can and cannot be used. My understanding is that Bridgeman doesn't apply to photos of buildings, ceramics, or sculptures, and almost certainly doesn't apply to photos of stained-glass or bas-reliefs?
-- Finlay McWalter | Talk 18:43, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- The date the painting was done isn't relevant in most cases, only the date the artist died. (Though since copyright law has changed a lot over the years there are probably some cases where it matters.) It would be nice to encourage people to give dates and artists for paintings, as well as who did the digitizing. It would also be nice to give some idea of the extent to which the ruling in Bridgeman v. Corel applies around the world. The judge gave a ruling based on UK law as well as US law, so a UK court might be persuadable that it applies in the UK too [1] (http://www.mda.org.uk/mcopyg/bridge.htm), [2] (http://www.law.cornell.edu/copyright/cases/36_FSupp2d_191.htm). Gdr 18:56, 2004 Aug 31 (UTC)
