This page is protected against editing.

Template:Drfop

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

In most countries, all paintings, sculpture, architecture, text, and other creative works have copyrights which last for 70 years after the death of the creator. An image of a work that is still under copyright is a derivative work, and infringes on the copyright so that we cannot usually keep the image on Commons. In some countries, there is a special exception to the copyright law which allows such images under certain circumstances. We call that exception freedom of panorama (FOP). Unfortunately there is no applicable FOP exception in this case.

Template documentationview · edit · history · purge ]
This documentation is transcluded from Template:Drfop/doc.

This template is used in Deletion Requests as a short explanation of why an image of a work that is covered by copyright is not allowed on Commons. It may be used without a parameter to produce the text above or with an optional country tag to produce text as follows:
{{drfop|Anywhere}} produces:

In most countries, all paintings, sculpture, architecture, text, and other creative works have copyrights which last for 70 years after the death of the creator. An image of a work that is still under copyright is a derivative work, and infringes on the copyright so that we cannot usually keep the image on Commons. In some countries, there is a special exception to the copyright law which allows such images under certain circumstances. We call that exception freedom of panorama (FOP). Unfortunately there is no applicable FOP exception in Anywhere.

(note that there is no error checking -- anything you put following the pipe will be used as is)