Commons:Deletion requests/File:Jumeirah Mosque Dubai.JPG

Unfortunately, there is no freedom of panorama in the United Arab Emirates. While this may the most photographed mosque in Dubai, it does not change the legal situation as far as Commons is concerned. I have tried to find out when the mosque was built to see if the architectural copyright is in the public domain, and since websites seem to say 1978, then the copyright of the lifetime of the author + 50 years + end of calendar year is very unlikely to have expired. CT Cooper · talk 10:45, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I am also adding File:Jumeirah Mosque.jpg to this nomination for the same reasons. CT Cooper · talk 10:51, 22 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

As it's the life time of the author (architect) the actual building year is not relevant. A quick search did not give any info about who the architect was. // Liftarn (talk)

It is relevant, in terms that it is unlikely that a building built in the 1970s was designed by an architect that has been dead for the long period required for this to be in the public domain. The precautionary principle states that files should be deleted if there "significant doubt" on if they are free, and absolute proof is hence not required. In other words, the fact that it is unlikely that the building's copyright is public domain is enough to justify deletion, even if proof that it is copyrighted has not been presented. The presumption of the building still being copyrighted is made in the overwhelming majority of deletion requests concerning architecture in the UAE, see Category:UAE FOP cases. However, most of those are of recently constructed skyscrapers, and since this is an older building I tried to find out more information about its copyright status before nominating. Anyone is welcome to present more information about the architect(s) if they can find anything, however I have been unable to. CT Cooper · talk 21:51, 25 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted Jcb (talk) 10:21, 6 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Restored per UnDR.     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:37, 15 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]