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Originally uploaded from [1], however the Cape Town government's website has been moved and restructed, so the link is dead. However, as a work of the South African government, the image qualifies as fair use as it is historically important, contribues to the quality of the Cape Town article, and is over a hundred years old.
According to American and South African law, derivitive works are protected by copyright only when the new work is different from the original, as the court ruled in Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corporation.
- The Bridgeman Art Library had made photographic reproductions of famous works of art from museums around the world (works already in the public domain.) The Corel Corporation used those reproductions for an educational CD-ROM without paying Bridgeman. Bridgeman claimed copyright infringement. The Court ruled that reproductions of images in the public domain are not protected by copyright if the reproductions are slavish or lacking in originality. In their opinion, the Court noted: "There is little doubt that many photographs, probably the overwhelming majority, reflect at least the modest amount of originality required for copyright protection.... But 'slavish copying', although doubtless requiring technical skill and effort, does not qualify." [2]
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This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest.
A coat of arms can be depicted in multiple ways, and may only be used on Wikipedia if the design is available under a free licence. Otherwise, the depiction is not usable on Wikipedia, as a free equivalent should be producible, and it thus does not qualify as fair use. Representations of coats of arms are subject to copyright as original works of art and do not fall under Bridgeman Art Library Ltd. v. Corel Corporation's purview as they are not representations of two-dimensional works of art. A seal or emblem, on the other hand, can only have one design. These are in the public domain if their copyright has expired; otherwise they are subject to copyright restrictions. In the latter case, it is believed that the image may be exhibited on Wikipedia under the fair use provision of United States copyright law. If you are sure that this image depicts a seal or emblem, please re-tag it as {{seal}}. |
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- (del) (cur) 20:12, 13 June 2006 . . Chris.lester (Talk | contribs) . . 300×318 (30,584 bytes) (Taken from: http://www.solarnavigator.net/geography/geography_images/south_africa_cape_town_coat_of_arms.jpg)
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