<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>At least in the US, the threshold is quite low, and I would say all of your examples meet the threshold.</div><div>(For road signs, but not icons, there's also separately the issue of fair use.)</div><div>I do note that all of your examples came from the same user. Have you tried contacting that user? <br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 1:31 AM Mateusz Konieczny via legal-talk <<a href="mailto:legal-talk@openstreetmap.org">legal-talk@openstreetmap.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div>I am trying to process <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Media_without_a_license" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Media_without_a_license</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>My problem right now is deciding which images fit <br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:PD-shape" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:PD-shape</a><br></div><div>"simple geometric shapes. These are not eligible for copyright alone because they are not original enough"<br></div><div><br></div><div>For example I am unsure about:<br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_powergensource_wind.svg" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_powergensource_wind.svg</a><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_shinto.svg" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_shinto.svg</a><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_amenity_pub.svg" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_amenity_pub.svg</a><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_amenity_restaurant.svg" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_amenity_restaurant.svg</a><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_sikh.svg" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_sikh.svg</a><br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_pastafarian.svg" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_pastafarian.svg</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I would appreciate any help in any of below:<br></div><div><br></div><div>- deciding whatever describing this images as simple geometric shapes<br></div><div>ineligible for copyright as not original enough is correct<br></div><div><br></div><div>- looking at<br></div><div><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:PD-licensed_as_below_threshold_of_originality" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:PD-licensed_as_below_threshold_of_originality</a><br></div><div>whether images there are actually so simple to be below threshold of originality<br></div><div><br></div><div>- help in spotting wrong or misleading content on any of linked pages<br></div><div>(I am not a lawyer)<br></div><div><br></div><div>- help in processing <a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Media_without_a_license" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Media_without_a_license</a><br></div><div>(marking images for deletion where appropriate, replacing images with unclear copyright<br></div><div>with one where it is clear, asking uploaders to clarify licensing status etc)<br></div> </div>
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