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Lichtbild and Lichtbildwerk

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No! This is utterly wrong. We had that problem with the German copyright law already. German and Austrian copyright law ("Urheberrechtsgesetz") makes a distinction between "Lichtbild" and "Lichtbildwerk". A "Lichtbildwerk" ia a work, and as such subject to the usual 70 years p.m.a. copyright term. Any photograph that shows even the slightest creativity is in general considered a "Lichtbildwerk". (See this case: Eurobike: OGH, Beschluss vom 12.9.2001, 4 Ob 179/01d.) A "Lichtbild" must be really simple - a frontal portrait photograph (head shot, passport photo) falls into this category. A "Lichtbild" is protected for 50 years after creation, or, if published within that term, for 50 years after the first publication. See §74(6) of the Austrian copyright law. See also [1]. Lupo 08:47, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

At the very least, 3 of the current 6 photographs meet even the most stringent of your criteria to be included, no? Sherurcij (talk) (Terrorist Wikiproject) 08:58, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Of the six images in the related category Category:Austrian public domain photographs, only one would clearly qualify as a "Lichtbild". None of these images are in the public domain in Austria!
Lupo 09:01, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also note that the protection for a "Lichtbild" is fifty years, not thirty. Lupo 09:01, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I would suggest removing this template from all six images and redirecting it to {{PD-old-70}}, or rewording it similar to {{PD-Germany}} (where we went through all these issues already, see the talk). Lupo 09:26, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've reworded it, following {{PD-Germany}}. Lupo 13:00, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]
All images listed above are now sourced and tagged as {{Non-free fair use in}} for the appropriate articles. Lupo 13:03, 29 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I fully agree with Lupo --Historiograf 00:00, 24 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]