User:Physchim62/German images
The German images listed on this page were submitted to Wikipedia in good faith under the copyright tag {{PD-Germany}}, of which a recent version is reproduced below:
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According to the Urheberrechtsgesetz (copyright laws) of Germany, photographs are copyrighted for 50 years after their first publication and then enter the public domain Copyright on a photograph not published within 50 years after it was taken also expires by that time. See §72(3). |
There is an ongoing dispute as to whether this template accurately reflects German copyright law.
German copyright law for photographs
[edit]The references in this section are to the Urheberrechtgesetz (UrhG, See External links).
Photographic works (Lichtbildwerke) are protected by copyright for seventy years after the death of the "author" (UrhG § 64), or for seventy years after the date of first publication in the case of anonymous works or works of unknown authorship (UrhG § 66).
Photographs (Lichtbilder) have a sui generis protection for fifty years after the date of first publication, or for fifty years after their production in the case of unpublished photographs (UrhG § 72).
The criterium for a work qualifying for copyright protection (as opposed to sui generis protection) is given in UrhG § 2(2):
- Werke im Sinne dieses Gesetzes sind nur persönliche geistige Schöpfungen.
- Personal intellectual creations alone shall constitute works within the meaning of this Law. (WIPO translation)
Hence photographs taken automatically do not qualify for copyright protection as they are not "personal creations": they do, however, qualify for sui generis protection.
The sense of "intellectual" ("geistig") in the criterium should be construed widely, as in its general use in copyright Law. The corresponding term in the Berne Convention is "literary and artistic works", which includes "every production in the literary, scientific and artistic domain, whatever may be the mode or form of its expression". The Berne convention specifically includes "photographic works to which are assimilated works expressed by a process analogous to photography" within its protection. (Berne Convention citations taken from Article 2(1))
From German Wikipedia:
- In der juristischen Praxis ist die "persönliche geistige Schöpfung", die das Gesetz fordert, immer wieder ein Streitpunkt in konkreten Fällen: Je nach Werkgattung werden dabei in Gerichtsentscheidungen unterschiedliche Maßstäbe an die sog. Schaffenshöhe angelegt, was in der Folge dazu führt, dass zwar die meisten, aber nicht prinzipiell alle Ergebnisse menschlichen Schaffens in der Praxis urheberrechtlich geschützt sind.
- In legal practice the "personal intellectual creation", which the Law demands [for copyright protection], is frequently a point at issue in real cases. Depending upon the kind of work, different yardsticks have been used in judicial rulings. The severity of the test has generally decreased, leading to the consequence that most, although in principle not all, results of human work are, in practice, protected by copyright. (Wikipedia translation)
German govenment images
[edit]The protection of German government works is covered by UrhG § 5:
- (1) Laws, ordinances, official decrees and notices as also decisions and official grounds of decisions shall not enjoy copyright protection.
- (2) The same shall apply to other official works published in the official interest for public information, with the condition that the provisions of § 62(l)–(3) and § 63(1)&(2) concerning prohibited alterations and acknowledgment of sources shall apply mutatis mutandis. (WIPO translation)
As UhrG § 62(1), where it applies, prohibits alteration of a work, it is difficult (though not impossible) to include German government images in a GFDL document such as Wikipedia.
These provisions apply equally to images produced by the authorities of the Third Reich, as the Federal Republic of Germany is its legal successor. (Source: German Wikipedia)
Practice on German Wikipedia
[edit]- German speakers should refer to the original page at de:Wikipedia:Bildrechte
German Wikipedia does not even mention the shorter sui generis protection of non-copyright photographs: it assumes that all images it uses fall under full, seventy-year copyright protection unless they are specifically licensed or public domain. It also warns users that the assertion of anonymity of the photographer is virtually impossible to prove.
The question of the use of official images under UrhG § 5(2) is controversial, with some German editors saying that the provision is incompatible with the GFDL while others assert that, in practice, there is not a problem.
Fair use
[edit]Images which are still under German copyright may qualify for fair use under U.S. copyright law.
Proposed new copyright tags
[edit]{{PD-Germany}}
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According to the Urheberrechtsgesetz (UrhG) (copyright Laws) of Germany, photographic works are copyrighted for 70 years after the death of the photographer (UrhG §§ 2, 64), and then enter the public domain. |
This copyrighted image was published by an official agency of the Federal Republic of Germany or of its predecessor states (including the German Democratic Republic and the Third Reich). According to the Urheberrechtsgesetz (copyright Laws) of Germany (§ 5(2)), it may be reproduced with a credited citation of its source (UrhG § 62(1)) but may not be modified (UrhG § 63(1)). |
{{FairuseWW2}}
[edit]The copyright status of this photographic work from the World War 2 period is uncertain. The individual who uploaded this work and first used it in an article, and subsequent persons who place it into articles assert that this qualifies as fair use of the material under United States copyright law.
Images uploaded under {{PD-Germany}}
[edit]Unsourced World War II images - Unresolved
[edit]The uploaders, who are currently active, were contacted on 2005-06-19 and invited to reconsider the copyright tags for these images.
- The images were tagged as {{PUIdisputed}} and listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images on 2005-08-05.
User:Surcouf | |||
Image:Bloch mb-131.jpg | 01:20, 8 Sep 2004 . . Surcouf | Bloch MB.131 | |
Image:Bloch MB 200 front.jpg | Bloch MB 200 on the ground | 21:34, 10 Sep 2004 . . Surcouf | Bloch MB.200 |
Image:Bloch MB210.jpg | Bloch MB.210 in flight | 18:15, 11 Sep 2004 . . Surcouf | Bloch MB.210 |
Image:Bloch MB152 front.jpg | 19:18, 11 Sep 2004 . . Surcouf | Bloch MB.150 | |
Image:Bloch MB152 flying.jpg | 19:23, 11 Sep 2004 . . Surcouf | Bloch MB.150 | |
Other users | |||
Image:Brecht.jpg | Picture of Bertolt Brecht, taken from german wikipedia. If this image was taken and first published before 1954, then it is in the public domain. | 17:07, 27 Feb 2003 User:Snoyes | Bertolt Brecht |
Image:Alois Brunner.jpg | Picture of Alois Brunner | 00:34, 21 Sep 2003 User:Raul654 | Alois Brunner |
Image:Erwinvonwitzleben.JPG | Erwin von Witzleben. | 09:50, 29 Mar 2005 User:DO'Neil | Erwin von Witzleben User:DO'Neil/Images Uploaded/Photographs |
Image:Interrogationofabritishpilot.JPG | A captured British pilot (centre) is interrogated by German intelligence officers at Via Balbia, Libya, April 1941. | 12:45, 29 Mar 2005 User:DO'Neil | Interrogation User:DO'Neil/Images Uploaded/Photographs |
- Image:Brecht.jpg has been removed from the corresponding German article as not PD.
- Image:Ah berghof and Image:Interrogationofabritishpilot.jpg seems difficult to argue as fair use.
Unsourced World War II images - Resolved
[edit]All the uploaders who are currently active were contacted on 19 June 2005 and invited to reconsider the copyright tags for these images. Images with absent uploaders were tagged {{PUIdisputed}} and listed on WP:PUI.
Wikilink | Image description | Uploaded | Used on... |
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User:Ansbachdragoner images now tagged as fair use | |||
Sd.Kfz 251/1s of Grenadierregiment-2 Großdeutschland in Northern Bessarabia, June 1944. | 02:59, 7 Apr 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | Grossdeutschland Division | |
Panzergrenadiers of I./902.Panzergrenadier-Lehr Regiment outside Caen, June 1944. | 08:11, 13 Apr 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | German Panzer Lehr Division | |
Michael Wittmann, 1943 | 03:20, 4 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | Michael Wittmann | |
A Stug III ausf G of SS-Panzerregiment 9 in action. Arnhem, Holland, 1944. | 06:17, 6 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen | |
Grenadiers of SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 38, April 1944. | 01:39, 17 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen | |
The cuff-title of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division. | 01:41, 17 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen | |
An Sd.Kfz 250/1 Neu Art of the III./SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs Abteilung 11, Berlin 1945. | 08:11, 17 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland | |
Men of SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 23 Norge near Narva, April 1944. | 08:14, 17 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland | |
Officers and Men of SS-Sturmbrigade Langemarck confer. Narva front, August 1944. | 05:56, 18 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck | |
Leon Degrelle as deputy commander of SS-Sturmbrigade Wallonien, 1943. | 07:45, 19 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien | |
The Aufklärungs-Abt of the 20.Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (Estnische Nr.1) - Small Version. | 07:38, 23 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | Battle of Narva - Battle for the Narva Bridgehead (1944) 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) | |
Grenadiers of the Norge Regiment watch a Panther of the Hermann von Salza Abt move into position, Estonia 1944. | 08:17, 25 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | Battle of Narva - Battle of the Tannenbergstellung (1944) | |
Troops of SS-Freiwilligen-Legion Niederlande in action, Winter 1942/43 in the Volkhov region. | 05:06, 27 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland | |
The Aufklärungs-Abteilung Hermann Göring advances in Russia, 1942. | 05:06, 1 Jun 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring | |
An MG34 team from Panzergrenadier-Regiment 2 Hermann Göring in action, Italy, 1943. | 05:08, 1 Jun 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring | |
Troops of Fallschirm-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 Hermann Göring, East Prussia 1945. | 05:10, 1 Jun 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring | |
User:Maury Markowitz images now tagged as fair use | |||
Do 17Z-2 in Finnish markings | 03:57, 11 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Dornier Do 17 | |
Do 17P-1. Note that the "P2" painted on the front refers to "prototype 2", not the model itself. The "stinger" at the tail is actually a trolley for moving the aircraft on the ground. | 03:58, 11 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Dornier Do 17 | |
Do 215 | 01:55, 13 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Dornier Do 17 | |
Hanna Reitsch in the Focke-Wulf Fw 61 | 03:22, 20 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Hanna Reitsch | |
Bv 155V-1 | 03:32, 21 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Blohm & Voss BV 155 | |
Ar 234B-2 | 03:45, 21 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Arado Ar 234 | |
Heinkel He 100D-1 lineup. This is a false-color (hand painted) image. | 18:00, 22 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Heinkel He 100 | |
Heinkel "He 113", a He 100 in night-fighter guise. Note the ejector stacks on the exhaust, supercharger inlet on the wing, and fully extended radiator under the cockpit. | 18:41, 22 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Heinkel He 113 | |
Junkers Ju 388L-1 | 19:06, 22 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Junkers Ju 388 | |
Henschel Hs 129B-3 closeup | 00:55, 23 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Henschel Hs 129 | |
Me 163B-0 just after takeoff. The wheels can be seen dropping away. | 01:34, 24 Feb 2003 Maury Markowitz | Messerschmitt Me 163 | |
Me 163A-1 | 01:36, 24 Feb 2003 Maury Markowitz | Messerschmitt Me 163 | |
Me 163B-0 | 01:45, 24 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Messerschmitt Me 163 | |
Dornier Do 17Z-10 Kauz. Note the "Spanner" IR sensor in front of the pilot sticking through the windshield, as well as the large IR searchlight mounted in the nose behind the plastic dome. | 01:55, 26 Feb 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Dornier Do 17 | |
Messerschmitt Me 210 | 17:13, 23 Aug 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Commons Messerschmitt Me 210 | |
Messerschmitt Me 410A-1 | 17:53, 23 Aug 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Messerschmitt Me 410 | |
Messerschmitt Me 410A-1/U4 with BK50 cannon | 17:58, 23 Aug 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Messerschmitt Me 410 | |
R4M rockets | 22:55, 23 Aug 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | R4M rocket | |
Rheinbote rocket | 15:40, 19 Oct 2003 . . Maury Markowitz | Rheinbote | |
Ernst Udet in front of his Siemens-Schuckert D.IV | 20:24, 17 May 2005 . . Maury Markowitz | Siemens-Schuckert D.IV | |
User:Rlandmann images now listed on WP:CP | |||
The Horten Brothers | 05:36, 14 Nov 2003 . . Rlandmann | Horten brothers | |
Heinkel He 162A-2 This image is believed to be copyright free. German photograph over 60 years old. |
06:51, 18 Nov 2003 . . Rlandmann | Heinkel He 162 | |
Heinkel He 176 V1 This image is believed to be copyright free. German photograph over 60 years old. |
09:43, 30 Dec 2003 . . Rlandmann | Heinkel He 176 | |
Heinkel He 178 This image is believed to be copyright free. German photograph over 60 years old. |
00:35, 6 Jan 2004 . . Rlandmann | Heinkel He 178 | |
Hans Kammler | 01:01, 6 Jan 2004 . . Rlandmann | Hans Kammler | |
Alexander Schleicher | 05:03, 30 Jan 2004 . . Rlandmann | Alexander Schleicher | |
Silbervogel wind tunnel model | 09:08, 4 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | Silverbird | |
Heinkel He 280, third prototype | 12:42, 5 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | Heinkel He 280 | |
Me 328A atop Do 217E | 11:59, 6 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | Messerschmitt Me 328 | |
Junkers Ju 248 first prototype | 15:16, 6 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | Messerschmitt Me 263 | |
DFS 194 | 04:20, 7 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | DFS 194 | |
Göppingen Gö 9 | 13:54, 10 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | Göppingen Gö 9 | |
DFS 39 | 04:03, 11 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | Lippisch Delta IV | |
DFS 40, heavily retouched image | 05:34, 11 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | DFS 40 | |
Other users | |||
now tagged as fair use |
Gerhard Flesch, chief of Gestapo in Trondheim in WWII | 00:55, 28 Mar 2004 User:Fuelbottle | Gerhard Flesch |
now tagged as fair use |
Adolf Hitler and Neville Chamberlain after the Munich Agreement which gave Czechoslovakia to Hitler | 23:18, 10 Jul 2004 User:Naryathegreat | Causes of World War II |
now tagged as fair use |
General Wilhelm Bittrich | 00:19, 4 Jan 2005 User:Fawcett5 | Wilhelm Bittrich |
image listed on WP:PUI |
01:52, 30 Jun 2004 User:Cun | User:Cun | |
Absent (>6 months) uploaders–images listed on WP:PUI | |||
public domain | 07:18, 23 Mar 2004 User:Cfrobel | Friedrich Paulus | |
06:19, 13 Dec 2003 User:Zw | Irony Wikipedia:List of images/People/Adolf Hitler | ||
20:27, 21 Aug 2004 User:Hajduk | Joseph Wirth | ||
21:00, 21 Aug 2004 User:Hajduk | Hans Luther | ||
15:04, 20 Dec 2004 User:Dozzi | Arthur Liebehenschel |
Sourced images over 70 years old
[edit]These images are still tagged {{PD-Germany}}.
Wikilink | Image description | Uploaded | Used on... |
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Image:Battle of tanga.JPG | "Battle of Tanga, 3rd-5th November, 1914" by Martin Frost (1875-1927), | 04:56, 5 Jul 2004 . . DO'Neil | User:DO'Neil/Images Uploaded/Art Battle of Tanga |
Image:Tanga1914.JPG | Tanga in 1914, a postcard painted by Themistokles von Eckenbrecher (1842-1921) | 05:12, 5 Jul 2004 . . DO'Neil | User:DO'Neil/Images Uploaded/Art Battle of Tanga |
Image:Askari.jpeg | A sketch of an Askari by Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865-1926) | 05:40, 5 Jul 2004 . . DO'Neil | Askari User:DO'Neil/Images Uploaded/Art |
Image:1933-may-10-berlin-book-burning.JPG | Jpeg version of old gif photo. 1933 May 10 Berlin book burning -- taken under fair use from the U.S. National Archives |
22:48, 5 Jan 2005 . . Dyss | Book burning |
Image:Friedrich Ratzel.jpg | Friedrich Ratzel's photograph from the University of Leipzig. | 00:51, 25 Jan 2005 . . Thames | User:Thames Friedrich Ratzel |
Unsourced images over 70 years old
[edit]These images are still tagged {{PD-Germany}}.
Wikilink | Image description | Uploaded | Used on... |
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Image:Hugo Junkers.jpg | Hugo Junkers | 04:55, 13 Nov 2003 . . Rlandmann | Hugo Junkers |
Image:Ernst Udet.jpg | Ernst Udet | 18:24, 4 Dec 2003 Rlandmann | Ernst Udet |
Image:Eck.png | Dietrich Eckart | 15:12, 18 Dec 2003 . . Schneelocke | Dietrich Eckart |
Image:Julius Hatry.jpg | Julius Hatry | 00:33, 6 Jan 2004 . . Rlandmann | Julius Hatry |
Image:Gerhard Fieseler.jpg | Gerhard Fieseler | 04:54, 12 Feb 2004 . . Rlandmann | Gerhard Fieseler |
Image:Hannaharendt6.jpg | 21:47, 25 Apr 2004 . . Elizabeth A | Hannah Arendt | |
Image:Gustavstresemann.jpg | 02:42, 20 May 2004 . . Burschenschafter | Gustav Stresemann | |
Image:Cunowilhelm.jpg | 20:36, 21 Aug 2004 . . Hajduk | Wilhelm Cuno | |
Image:Oswald Spengler (old).jpg | Oswald Spengler | 20:37, 6 Apr 2005 . . Thames | Oswald Spengler User:Thames |
Image:Oswald Spengler professor.gif | Oswald Spengler | 20:38, 6 Apr 2005 . . Thames | Oswald Spengler User:Thames |
Image:Oswald Spengler.jpg | Oswald Spengler | 20:38, 6 Apr 2005 . . Thames | Oswald Spengler User:Thames |
German government images
[edit]These images have been tagged {{GermanGov}}.
Wikilink | Image description | Uploaded | Used on... |
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Image:Surreydocks1941.jpg | German propaganda photomontage of bomber over Surrey Docks, c. 1940 Sources: [1] [2] |
01:13, 15 Feb 2004 . . ChrisO | Surrey Commercial Docks |
Image:EK 2class.png | Iron Cross 2nd class | 02:40, 23 Jun 2004 . . GeneralPatton | Iron Cross |
Image:EK 1class.png | Iron Cross First Class | 09:04, 23 Jun 2004 . . GeneralPatton | Swastika Iron Cross Talk:Iron Cross |
Image:Wilhelmvoigt.JPG | Police mugshot of Wilhelm Voigt, from 1906. | 12:59, 6 Apr 2005 . . DO'Neil | Wilhelm Voigt User:DO'Neil/Images Uploaded/Photographs |
Image:6SSLMPGDA.jpg | A recruitment poster for SS-Sturmbrigade Langemarck. | 05:58, 18 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck |
Image:5SSWL-PCARD.jpg | A propaganda postcard for SS-Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade Wallonien | 07:41, 19 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien |
Image:PGDA - FPD HG.jpg | Recruitment poster for the Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1. Hermann Göring | 05:00, 1 Jun 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring |
- User:GeneralPatton provides the source for the Iron Cross images as "wartime propaganda postcards" on Image talk: EK 1class.png.
Images listed for deletion
[edit]This images have been listed (12 June 2005) on WP:IFD as orphans.
Wikilink | Image description | Uploaded | Used on... |
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From [3] Theodor Fontane, 1894 from theodorfontane.de |
14:35, 22 Jan 2005 User:J heisenberg | DELETED | |
06:32, 13 Dec 2003 User:Zw | DELETED | ||
Photo of Jewish woman in Poland being abused by Nazis during the Holocaust | 04:39, 19 May 2004 User:IZAK | DELETED | |
The Aufklärungs-Abt of the 20.Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (Estnische Nr.1) | 07:35, 23 May 2005 User:Ansbachdragoner | DELETED |
Other images
[edit]This image has been tagged {{PD-ineligible}}.
Wikilink | Image description | Uploaded | Used on... |
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Image:17SSDivShield.jpg | Divisional shield of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division. | 01:43, 17 May 2005 . . Ansbachdragoner | 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen |
Other links to {{PD-Germany}}
[edit]- User talk:Maury Markowitz
- Wikipedia:Images and media for deletion
- User talk:Quadell
- User:Quadell/copyright
- User talk:Dbenbenn
- Image talk:Surreydocks1941.jpg
- Wikipedia talk:Image copyright tags/archive1
- Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Not deleted/May 2005
- Wikipedia:Templates for deletion/Log/Deleted/June 2005
- Image talk:Wir stehen nicht allein.jpg