Commons talk:Copyright rules by territory/Bulgaria
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- Copied to Commons talk:Copyright rules by territory#Documents issued by Bulgarian government bodies for better visibility. If you have something to add, please do it there.
- Copied and translated (Google Translate with minor fixes, so may be a bit rough in places) from the Village Pump of bgwiki. — Luchesar • T/C/U 16:26, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It would be a good idea to gradually expand this page to minimize some unfortunate misunderstandings causing valuable documents to be deleted from Commons without a real reason. I was prompted by some recent deletions, which included a volunteer certificate issued by the HQ of the Macedonian-Adrianopolitan Volunteer Corps (MAVC).
Article 4 of the Bulgarian copyright law states that "normative and individual acts of government bodies, court acts, and the official translations of the aforementioned are not subject to copyright". MAVC is a historical military unit of the Bulgarian Army, therefore, according to the Armed Forces Act of the Bulgarian Kingdom (1904), it is subordinate to the Ministry of Defence/War, represented by the Minister of Defence/War. The legal authority of the acts of MAVC's HQ stems precisely from this interrelationship with the Bulgarian government. The certificates, themselves, represent individual administrative acts: they express the will of a government body, from which certain rights and / or obligations derive. Specifically, in the case with the certificates of the volunteers, "[t]he certificate entitles him [the volunteer] to all the rights and decorations established for MAVC members".
On the basis of the above considerations, it seems to me that we can assume that the certificates in question fall within the scope of Article 4 of the copyright law and are therefore not subject to copyright. We could also make a list of other similar documents to be added to this page, thus not wasting time with the same discussions being repeated over and over again with each new issue.
Pinging @Mardetanha, Spiritia, Алиса Селезньова, Мико, and Drenowe: . Mohsen, sorry for not providing a translation yet—I'll do it as soon as possible (and thank you so much again for your help!)
— Luchesar • T/C 19:22, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Of course they fall within that scope. MAVC is a standard Bulgarian military unit with divisional rank. -- Мико (talk) 19:58, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- MAVC is no different from the other divisions, except that it is volunteer, just like our current army. -- Алиса Селезньова (talk) 09:52, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, these are valuable papers, often unique, and it would be very good to have them in bgwiki. I'm not a lawyer, but I think the argument you gave is good .--Vodnokon4e (talk) 01:37, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Since more than two weeks have passed without objection, I suppose we have a consensus on this issue? I'll wait for two or three days more, and if things stays this way, I'll copy and translate this discussion into English at the weekend and update the page on Commons.
— Luchesar • T/C 16:24, 19 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
It has been more than a month since the beginning of the discussion, so the consensus is obviously indisputable. I've added the information to the page.
— Luchesar • T/C/U 16:26, 6 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]
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