MediaViewer displaying erroneous licensing info on non-free derivative images of sculptures
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	Sdkb
	Wed, Apr 8, 4:29 PM

Description

Steps to replicate the issue (include links if applicable):

Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Throne_Fit_for_a_King&oldid=1347257263#/media/File:A_Throne_Fit_for_a_King.jpg
Notice the "Public Domain" license label
Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:A_Throne_Fit_for_a_King.jpg&oldid=1346978997 and observe that the image is not actually PD. The photographer has released their photo of the sculpture as PD, but as it is a derivative work of the sculpture itself under U.S. freedom of panorama rules, the image as a whole is under copyright protection and can only be used as fair use.

What should have happened instead?:
The label should have displayed a more accurate notice of the copyright status of the image.

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptWed, Apr 8, 4:29 PM

@Aklapper, is there a tag on Phabricator I should be using for licensing issues (which the legal folks might want to know about)?

There is only Software-Licensing and WMF Legal does not query Wikimedia Phabricator

Izno triaged this task as Low priority.Sun, Apr 12, 10:15 PM

Izno raised the priority of this task from Low to Needs Triage.