Wikipedia talk:2004 Encyclopedia topics/1

Hello. I was reading Admiral carpet on EB and I saw a picture that had written "Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Joseph Lees Williams Memorial Collection; photograph, Otto E. Nelson" -- I doubt just taking anything from EB would be fair use (in fact, pretty unfair since we're competition), however, would I have to get it straight from the museum's site and ask them to use it? Probably but, I was just curious about this issue. gren グレン 19:51, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, in this case it is OK to take the picture directly from Britannica because the design of the carpet is in public domain and since that is a 2D work of art, the photo is also in public domain.

It can be tagged with {{PD-art}} bogdan | ^Talk 19:59, 29 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States and in those countries with a copyright term of life of the author plus 100 years. This photograph of the work is also in the public domain in the United States (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.).