Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Warhammer 40,000

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Files in Category:Warhammer 40,000

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Per COM:TOYS, photographs of 3D models are considered recreations of copyrighted works of Games Workshop Group, PLC.

I've listed files where the focus was on figures and did not list photographs of dioramas or people working with models for the most part, but your judgement on what's covered and not covered may vary.

Ytoyoda (talk) 15:04, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Ytoyoda: Please refer to OTRS Ticket:2019082110004933 and Ticket:2019090410007569, which concerned a photograph of the same kind of a different Games Workshop game. Games Workshop does not consider that photographs taken by members of the public, hobbyists and customers constitute intellectual property owned by Games Workshop. See also a discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Warhammer AoS Lind.jpg. I believe the same legal reasoning can apply to this image. Kurzon (talk) 16:01, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Kurzon: Thanks for your response, and I agree that Games Workshop's IP policy should apply to all of the above photographs. Looks like I should withdraw my nomination then. Ytoyoda (talk) 16:12, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think someone should create a template for a copyright explanation that we can post in every image page of a Games Workshop image. Kurzon (talk) 09:51, 25 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Löschen Kurzon, Ytoyoda, it says above, "Games Workshop does not consider that photographs taken by members of the public, hobbyists and customers constitute intellectual property owned by Games Workshop". That doesn't speak to the point. The question here is not whether the copyright for the photographs belongs to the workshop but the copyright for the works which are shown in the photographs. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 19:16, 27 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Jesus Fucking Christ, what else could that Games Workshop lawyer have been talking about? Kurzon (talk) 04:02, 28 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: These are not valid tickets, including for reasons described per Jim.

  1. These images are derivative works and there are two copyrights to consider: 1) the photograph itself and 2) the depicted toys. The quote "Games Workshop does not consider that photographs taken by members of the public, hobbyists and customers constitute intellectual property owned by Games Workshop" (emphasis added) speaks only to the photographs. It does not reference the depicted toys.
  2. Even if the tickets referenced the depicted toys, a mere policy position is neither a specific free license nor is it irrevocable. Per COM:L: "All copyrighted material on Commons (not in the public domain) must be licensed under a free license that specifically and irrevocably allows anyone to use the material for any purpose.". --Эlcobbola talk 18:54, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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Files in Category:Warhammer 40,000

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COM:TOYS and COM:DW. The Warhammer 40,000 miniatures, sets, and component designs are all copyrighted. I've tried to find evidence otherwise, but the closest I could find is Commons:Deletion requests/Template:GamesWorkshop (and the nomination above), where Jameslwoodward points out that Games Workshop hasn't released the copyrights (and the copyright of the photos isn't the issue). If there was some other discussion that accounts for so many straight-on, detailed photos of these figurines, I apologize for the mess, but I did not find it. I've tried to omit those with reasonable claims to de minimis (where the focus is on people playing the game, not the elements of the game themselves), and a few designs that are under COM:TOO. There are a few diagrams I was unsure about, and erred on the side of omission. There are a few drawings of masks, armor, etc., but all clearly derivative of the items themselves.

— Rhododendrites talk |  17:51, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A few more which embedded the {{GamesWorkshop}} template but which weren't in the Warhammer 40,000 category (some of them my own uploads, having taken the template at face value):
--Belbury (talk) 19:22, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

 Löschen I looked at about ten of these, randomly selected, and they all are clearly derivative works of copyrighted toys. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 20:37, 16 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Topaketa errunikoak 2011 0010 (cropped).jpg should not be deleted because none of the toys are shown in focus, in high resolution. They're barely recognizable at all. I think this image is passable under DE MINIMIS. Kurzon (talk) 19:38, 17 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: per nomination. --Krd 05:00, 23 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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