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License plates in USA

Hi, I came accross Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:License plates of Minnesota and others. Don't they need a copyright notice to be under a copyright? I thought all license plates in USA are in the public domain for some reason. Yann (talk) 13:17, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

@Yann: Hi! My understanding is that license plate designs are not different than other state and local works for purposes of copyright law. Many license plate designs are simple ({{PD-ineligible}}), and almost every license plate design first published before 1 March 1989 is going to be PD for lack of notice (either {{PD-US-no-notice}} or {{PD-US-1989}}; it’s very rare for copyrights to have been registered). There are of course some exceptions where older plates are copyrighted due to having notice or being derivative of a non-government work (Commons:Deletion requests/File:California 1984 Olympics Motorcycle license plate.png, for example, is a case where the plate was published with notice and was a derivative work of a registered copyrighted design). But license plates aren’t special things (they aren’t edicts of government); as with all eligible works published in the U.S. after 1 March 1989, license plates above the threshold of originality are presumed subject to copyright protection unless the copyright holder waives it. There also isn’t FOP in the USA for works other than architecture,

I’ve tried to be selective with the nominations (i.e. I’ve tried to be sure the designs are first published after 1 March 1989 and are sufficiently complex to warrant protection before I nominated them). If you see particular nominations that are erroneous please let me know—I’m not perfect—but my understanding is that those license plates in the DR you’ve linked are almost certainly non-free. Red-tailed sock (talk) 16:00, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

Change of license plate, relating to an Italian city

Hi, I ask you who are an administrator of Wikipedia Commons to change my license plate from this photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ingresso_del_palazzo_Zurolo_o_Zurlo,_recante_un%E2%80%99insegna_indicante_il_suo_anno_di_fondazione_(1557),_in_via_Gelso_a_Giovinazzo_(LC) .png, from (LC) to (BA), the rest must be left the same because it is fine, in the title of the above photo. Thanks in advance. ([Red-tailed hawk]) GiovAngri (talk) 18:35, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi! I'm unsure what you mean; to clarify, are you merely asking for the page title to be changed from File:Ingresso del palazzo Zurolo o Zurlo, recante un’insegna indicante il suo anno di fondazione (1557), in via Gelso a Giovinazzo (LC).png to File:Ingresso del palazzo Zurolo o Zurlo, recante un’insegna indicante il suo anno di fondazione (1557), in via Gelso a Giovinazzo (BA).png? — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 01:02, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

File:x

Hi, if I place NOINDEX on a page, that's not for nothing. Someone found my real name via Google and that file was almost on top of the results, while my 'real' name is not on that file page. It's hard to find, and I want to keep it that way. If you revert me, I will see that as a form of 'privacy violation'. So, please don't do that. Thanks in advance, and have a good one. - Regards - Richardkiwi (talk) (talk) 18:44, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

Hi. If you'd like for me to redact and revision delete something private, I would be open to doing that. However, I'm not seeing any personal information on that page, even in the metadata of the photograph of the building at Van Egmondstraat 2 in Katwijk. I am sympathetic with keeping privacy, but I'm having a very hard time understanding why that file, which does not contain your real name or any personal information in metadata, would be appearing in search results for your real name. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 18:55, 1 November 2023 (UTC)