Commons:Licensing: Difference between revisions

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Old [[:en:Orphan work|orphan works]] are [<tvar name="1">https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Village_pump/Proposals&oldid=795076950#Allow_old_orphan_works</tvar> accepted], provided that at least one of the following two conditions applies:

* or, the works were created before the ''pma'' duration (required years after the author's death) in the country of origin, which would satisfy {{tl|PD-1996}} if published at the time of creation (e.g. works created before 1946 for 50 years ''pma'' countries, ifwhere the URAA date for that country is 1996).

When uploading such works, please add {{tl|Orphan works}} canto the befile usedpage to explainedexplain thisthe situation.

Imagine you want to upload a picture of Bart Simpson, but of course you can't just scan it in. Why not take a picture of a little action figure and then upload it? Don't. The reason why you can't upload photographs of such figures is that they are considered as {{wp-Derivative work|derivative works}}. Such works can't be published without permission of the original creator.