Template:PD-Art
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional,public domainwork of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain". This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted;seeReuse of PD-Art photographsfor details. {{PD-Art}}template without license parameter: please specify why the underlying work is public domain in both the source country and the United States
(Usage:{{PD-Art|1=|deathyear=''year of author's death''|country=''source country''}},where parameter 1= can bePD-old-auto,PD-old-auto-expired,PD-old-auto-1996,PD-old-100or similar. SeeCommons:Multi-license copyright tagsfor more information.) |
This template is for use by the uploader of a photograph taken by somebody else to assert that the photograph can have no independent copyright as it is simply a faithful reproduction of an old, public domain, two-dimensional work of art. For this purpose, 'faithful reproduction' includes even a photograph taken perhaps from several meters away from the work of art, with carefully-arranged and professional lighting, filters and so on. Use of this template means that according to the position of the WMF Board such 'faithful reproduction' photographs are considered to be in the public domain, regardless of how much skill and effort went into taking the picture.
A 'faithful reproduction' in this sense may differ from a purely mechanical copy such as a photocopy or a scan taken directly from the original. Images that are no more than mere photocopies or scans directly taken from an old original artwork can be labeled{{PD-old}}.The{{PD-Art}}template is only for use when the initial reproduction was by means of a photograph, rather than a scan or a photocopy.
The template takes one parameter to indicate why the original work of art is in the public domain (if no parameter is given,{{PD-old}}is assumed). If you use a parameter, it must correspond to apublic domaintag. Do not use as a parameter a copyright license tag such as such as GFDL. SeeCategory:PD Artfor existing categories.
For examples of the tag in use, seeCommons:When to use the PD-Art tag#Usage examples.The template automatically sets the following categories: Category:PD-Art (PD-old default)if no parameter specified and default{{PD-old}}is supplied by the PD-Art template.Category:Files with invalid parameter in PD-Art templateif a invalid license like cc-by-sa-3.0 is specified for the first parameter.
Usage
{{PD-Art |1= |deathyear= |country= }}
Template parameters
Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | license | License to use, like: PD-old-auto, PD-old-auto-expired, PD-old-100, PD-USGov or similar. SeeCommons:Multi-license copyright tagsfor more details. | PD-old | required |
deathyear | death year | Year of author's death. If license is{{PD-old-auto}}or similar thendeathyearis passed to that template. | empty | optional |
country | source country | Home or source country (country of origin) of the work. Country name in English language or two letterCountry codeaccording toISO 3166-1 alpha-2.Country is being displayed and is also used to look-up URAA date (using{{URAA-date}}). Only used if license was{{PD-old-auto-1996}}or other template that takescountryargument. | empty | optional |
reason | reason | Reason the image was in Public domain in the sourcecountryat the URAA date (January 1, 1996 for most countries). Only used if license was{{PD-old-auto-1996}}or other template that takesreasonargument. | empty | optional |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the File namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: all users
Placement: In the "Permission" parameter of the{{Information}}template (or the respective parameter of similar templates) or in the "Licensing" section
Relies on:
Module:Fallback
Example
{{PD-Art|PD-old-auto-expired|deathyear=1920}}
renders as:
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional,public domainwork of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States.In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted;seeReuse of PD-Art photographsfor details. |
See also
Art related license tags:
- {{PD-Art}}- template explaining why photograph ofPDobject is also isPDin US.
- {{PD-Art-two}}- same as{{PD-Art}},but allows Country of origin and US license to be added separately
- {{Licensed-PD}}- template that allows object and photograph to be added separately (can be used for 3D objects)
- {{Copyright information}}- more general version of{{Licensed-PD}}
- {{Licensed-PD-Art}}- template explaining why photograph ofPDobject is also isPDin US, while outside of US a separate license can be used.
- {{Licensed-PD-Art-two}}- same as{{Licensed-PD-Art}},but allows country of origin and US license to be added separately
- {{Art Photo}}- Combination template of{{Artwork}}for the object and{{Information}}for the photograph metadata, which allows user to provide separate artwork and photograph licenses
Localization
This template is localized through{{Autotranslate}}. The layout of the template can be found underTemplate:PD-Art/layout.
To add your language to the list of languages supported by this template, please copy the code ofTemplate:PD-Art/en(or any other language version you prefer to translate) and replace the text strings in there (the form below can be used to create a translation, the English version is preloaded in the edit box). Please change the parameterlang
fromen
(or whatever language you are translating) to thelanguage codeof your language.