Commons:Help desk/Archive/2024/07

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problem solved --NiCk 23pprr (talk) 17:15, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

This section was archived on a request by: Jmabel ! talk 20:25, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Correct Template for uploading the picture for the art work I take from museum

I have read When should the PD-Art tag not be used?. If I took the picture for the sculptures by myself, and sculptures maker is dead more than 100 years ago, what label should I use? Do I just do a CC-0 label (If I want to publish the picture under cc-0)? How could I tell people the original sculptures is already in the public domain?

I also been confused that it says the lighting arrangements can create the new copyright. If the museum create the lighting for the sculpture, does it mean the museum actually own the copyright for the picture (because museum created the lighting effect)? If the museum have FAQ page declare they will NOT own the copyright of any picture of the artwork. How can I link that to show that fact?

If the museum put sculpture in the yard, and the sun do the nature light to the sculpture, can I assume that the museum does NOT own the copyright?

Last, how can I separate the landscape and the artwork? For example, Geneva have "The Flower Clock", if I take a picture of it, can I say it's just a landscape (so I have full copyright for my picture) or it's an artwork create by the government? (I means since the government create it, I can assume it's in the public domain, so does not matter) But if a private company have similar thing (like the shape of their building/create some landscape on public available area), and I take a picture, can I say I have the copyright and upload it to Wiki Comments?

Tangmingxyz (talk) 11:33, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

For the first question, you can use something like {{Copyright information | photograph = {{Self|cc-0}} | sculpture = {{PD-100}}}}. --Geohakkeri (talk) 16:17, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
@Tangmingxyz: you might want to look at the approach I took at File:Sant bisbe - c. 1500 - Museu Frederic Marès 944 - 01.jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 19:17, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Pictures downlinked from satellites

When satellite pictures are released by satellite operator, they are licensed according to that operator's policy, no problem. But, when images are dowloaded by someone else with something like SDR radio (like in this guide), who is the copyright holder of the images? Satellite operator or radio operator?

When someone downloads picture from American NOAA weather satellite, it's free either way (NOAA PD or any free licence downloader choose). But what about pictures from Chinese Fengyun or European MetOp? Trasheater Midir (talk) 17:33, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

@Trasheater Midir: Hi, The pictures are not downloaded from the satellites, but from a down-to-earth server which is operated by the satellite operator. So the pictures are under a copyright by whoever created them (except for NASA or other US government agencies). Yann (talk) 18:02, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
@Yann: “The pictures are not downloaded…” well, unless they are! A weird little corner case but nevertheless a valid thing to ask about. --Geohakkeri (talk) 18:26, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
@Yann, sorry, but have you looked at the guide I linked above? How to Download Weather Satellite Images from Space. Weather satellites downlink images in easily decodeable formats, it's one of their functions. These images can be downloaded with radio and decoded with some program (like that one). It's a hobby somewhere between satellite watching and amateur radio. See also [1] or [2] for some examples.
I'm asking precisely about such images, not about more official images that are received on the ground stations, and then sometimes released. Sorry if I was unclear. Trasheater Midir (talk) 19:01, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Are users allowed to create categories based on their username?

For example, is it acceptable to make Category:Videos uploaded by Pdanese etc. etc.

I know some users create categories like this (e.g., QImages by <username>), but I want to make sure this is an acceptable action or if new categories should only be created to further the overall goal of the commons.

Thank you. Pdanese (talk) 17:58, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

@Pdanese: Yes, these are OK, but they usually should be hidden. Yann (talk) 18:00, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
TYVM! Pdanese (talk) 01:05, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
@Pdanese: Please see also:
-- Asclepias (talk) 18:46, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
TYVM! Pdanese (talk) 01:06, 3 July 2024 (UTC)

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