[OSM-legal-talk] Images ineligible to copyright as a simple shapes (OSM Wiki)

[Kathleen Lu]

At least in the US, the threshold is quite low, and I would say all of your
examples meet the threshold.
(For road signs, but not icons, there's also separately the issue of fair
use.)
I do note that all of your examples came from the same user. Have you tried
contacting that user?


On Sat, Mar 6, 2021 at 1:31 AM Mateusz Konieczny via legal-talk <
legal-talk at openstreetmap.org> wrote:

> I am trying to process
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Media_without_a_license
>
> My problem right now is deciding which images fit
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Template:PD-shape
> "simple geometric shapes. These are not eligible for copyright alone
> because they are not original enough"
>
> For example I am unsure about:
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_powergensource_wind.svg
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_shinto.svg
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_amenity_pub.svg
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_amenity_restaurant.svg
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_sikh.svg
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/File:2020_st_placeofworship_pastafarian.svg
>
> I would appreciate any help in any of below:
>
> - deciding whatever describing this images as simple geometric shapes
> ineligible for copyright as not original enough is correct
>
> - looking at
>
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:PD-licensed_as_below_threshold_of_originality
> whether images there are actually so simple to be below threshold of
> originality
>
> - help in spotting wrong or misleading content on any of linked pages
> (I am not a lawyer)
>
> - help in processing
> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Media_without_a_license
> (marking images for deletion where appropriate, replacing images with
> unclear copyright
> with one where it is clear, asking uploaders to clarify licensing status
> etc)
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