Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Marine Corps War Memorial

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Files in Category:Marine Corps War Memorial

This 1954 sculpture is the work of Felix de Weldon, erected with a copyright notice burnished in gold. Per Commons:Copyright_rules_by_territory/United_States#Freedom_of_panorama, the US does not allow public sculptures from this date unless there is a specific release from the artist. This is a privately funded sculpture, using private money; it is not a work of the US government. The Smithsonian confirms the information about sculpture but gives no mention of the artist releasing the work of art into the public domain. The photographic inspiration for this sculpture was taken by Joe Rosenthal while working for the Associated Press; the AP later released the photograph into the public domain. However, a sculpture inspired by the photograph is a new work of art, and requires a new release to enjoy unfettered public usage.

Binksternet (talk) 23:17, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There was a previous discussion about this at Commons:Deletion requests/Category:USMC War Memorial, and the decision was keep. The primary justification seems to be failure to renew the copyright on the sculpture, as researched by @Clindberg: . – BMacZero (🗩) 23:25, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Also note that there are images here that do not significantly depict the sculpture and so should be kept regardless. – BMacZero (🗩) 23:29, 10 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep all of them as per the previous DR. You probably should have looked into this before you started. It would have saved you a lot of time. For example, the link to the previous DR is on the talk pages for all the ones nominated the last time, such as File talk:USMC War Memorial Night.jpg. Something else to keep in mind: we here at Commons are pretty vigilant about this sort of stuff, and although some things do fall through the cracks, that's not usually the case for things as famous as this. Thank you for your attention to copyrights, however. —howcheng {chat} 00:49, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Keep per the previous discussion and result. Beyond My Ken (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per above...Modernist (talk) 01:24, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep per the previous discussion--Jarekt (talk) 01:33, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The previous discussion couldn't have justified the importance of keeping the images any better.-- Marine 69-71 (talk) 03:28, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep The statue does indeed have a copyright notice. It is however dated 1954, and the 28-year copyright clock started then, at which point a renewal was required to keep copyright any further. It is only works published in 1964 and later where the renewal requirement was waived. The renewal would be online at www.copyright.gov; we have not located a renewal in the past. If you can find one, then we would delete. Without one though, the statue became PD in 1983. Carl Lindberg (talk) 04:08, 11 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Sculpture is de minimus in File:Warner (4382579564).jpg SecretName101 (talk) 01:11, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Keep--Lidewij (talk) 16:53, 16 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Kept: Consensus to keep. -- Darwin ^Ahoy! 11:03, 17 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Marine Corps War Memorial

Files in Category:Marine Corps War Memorial

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