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Lumières de Noël, à Montbéliard/Christmas lights in Montbéliard
I believe French copyright is opt-out, so like American works the lighting designs are copyrighted by virtue of their creation. Daniel Case (talk) 05:37, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  • With French FoP it depends on whether or not the display is above COM:TOO. This image is of a structure/set-up with a high degree of originality. I've filed a deletion request. lNeverCry 03:46, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Comment On the other hand, for this photo, one may plausibly consider it a larger depiction of the street, in which it is unavoidable to contain some copyrighted elements. In that case, we don't have to delete it --- for example, see the Louvre pyramid example in Commons:De minimis. But I'll leave the decision of whether this can be considered de minimis to others. dllu (t,c) 05:14, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
 Comment Daniel Case, in the Eiffel Tower, it is not the light which is copyrighted, but a show. There is no copyright on light in France. There may be a copyright on design though. Regards, Yann (talk) 10:54, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Yann, do you think I should unwithdraw? On an artistic basis, I definitely think this is a featurable picture, and it appears that a consensus agrees. If there's a real question about whether this photo could be OK under French law as interpreted by Commons, I would unwithdraw. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 11:22, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
I am not sure actually. There are very few real court cases about stuff like this. Probably people give some €€€ rather than going to court. On one hand we have copyright on design, including some modern chairs, on the other hand, there are 2 court cases with clear exceptions where copyrighted items are "unavoidable" while taking pictures in the public place. One single garland is certainly OK, but a whole street with a coordinated setup... Regards, Yann (talk) 12:01, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 9 support, 1 oppose, 0 neutral → not featured. /lNeverCry 22:57, 17 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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