[Cc-be] photographs of buildings
Wouter Vanden hove
wouter.vanden.hove at telenet.be
Sun Oct 16 16:01:12 EDT 2005
Hello,
I would like to get some feedback in relation to the copyright on
photographs of buildings.
On Wikipedia following picture is licensed under CC By-SA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Torres_Petronas_Mayo_2004_edit.jpg
My comment is on the discussion page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_talk:Torres_Petronas_Mayo_2004_edit.jpg
"For photographs of buildings you need permission from the architect,
not just the photographer. IANAL & IMHO, these pictures cannot by
licensed under GFDL of Creative Commons, without permission of the
architect. --WouterVH 15:13, 16 October 2005 (UTC)"
"IANAL either, but I think that's not entirely true. In some
countries, notably the Untited States and France, new buildings are
copyright of the architect and photographs would be derivative works.
However there are often exceptions for photographs taken from public
spaces or highways (France notably doesn't have those exceptions). So in
the US, photographs of building interiors are often covered by
copyright, but exteriors are often OK. In the UK, building interiors are
not covered by copyright, but you still need permission from the
buildings owner, otherwise you are likely to fall foul of trespass laws.
In this instance you would need to know the details of copyright law in
Malaysia to be sure, but I would guess the photograph was taken from a
public space, and it is quite likely to be fine. -- Solipsist 18:01, 16
October 2005 (UTC) "
Is my comment correct?
Is the reply correct with the differences between countries?
Is there a general rule in the Berne convention about this?
Wouter
opencursus.org
More information about the Cc-be
mailing list