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- Nazi Germany obviously no longer exists so they cant push a copyright lawsuit. If these are unusable there must certainly be a black and white photograph of these from the 1940s that can be colorized. ALKIVAR™
21:11, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- This one is tough. These appear to be photographs, so there are two issues: the copyright of the original design, and the copyright of the photos. The design was, presumably, copyright Nazi Germany. I don't think those copyrights have passed down and been claimed by any government or organization, but I'm not sure. And the design may not have been copyrighted at all. (The Iron Cross and the swastika are both much older symbols.) Current German law says the copyright for "works" expires 50 years after the death of the author, or 50 years after publication if the author is a corporation. So the design may very well be in the public domain. As for the photos, I have no idea who took them, or when, but I left a note on the uploader's talk page asking him where they came from. With what we know now, I think ((fairold)) would be safe, since they might be PD, and (I think) they would be fairuse otherwise. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 14:03, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Iron Cross is an 19th century design (read the artice folks), the photos come from widely distributed period propaganda postcards. GeneralPatton 14:07, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Postcards, eh? You wouldn't happen to know who made them, would you? – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 22:25, Feb 12, 2005 (UTC)
- Yeah, the Iron Cross is cropped out, I guess the state printed them, they were used as wartime propaganda. GeneralPatton 23:37, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)
- Okay, great. Then let's assume Nazi Germany has no greater legal status to claim copyright at this point than any corporation. That would mean these are in the public domain. – Quadell (talk) (sleuth) 01:45, Feb 13, 2005 (UTC)
