File talk:Isfahan Metro.jpg

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This file was nominated at Wikipedia:Files for discussion on 2016 December 18. The result of the discussion was Withdrawn.

Contested deletion

This file should not be speedy deleted as an obviously non-free file but which is not claimed by the uploader to be fair use, because... Wikipedia only considers U.S. copyrights. Since there are no copyright relations between the U.S. & Iran, works published in Iran are in the public domain in the US. --AHeneen (talk) 06:00, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah no. That isn't how copyright works at all. Sorry. --Majora (talk) 06:01, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And even if it did, it is longstanding Wikipedia policy to respect the copyright law of other nations, even if these do not have official copyright relations with the United States. --Majora (talk) 06:04, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, that IS how copyright. "Created by a resident of Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, or San Marino, and published in one of these countries...Not protected by US copyright law because they are not party to international copyright agreements." [1] Care to cite a source for your quote? AHeneen (talk) 06:10, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia talk:Copyrights/Archive 14#RfC: What to do with respect to the copyright of countries with which the US does not have copyright relations? <--That RfC from 2012. --Majora (talk) 06:11, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And Wikipedia:Non-U.S. copyrights#Countries without copyright relations with the United States --Majora (talk) 06:13, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

And this email from Jimbo --Majora (talk) 06:14, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The result of the RfC was no consensus. You omitted the second sentence: What this means in practice is determined case by case, bearing in mind the goal of being able to freely distribute Wikipedia in the country an incorporated work originates from. (emphasis added). The image is free of copyright in most countries, since Iran is not a party to the Berne Convention. It's also a government work, so not significantly harming the rights of the author in a comparable way to a work by a private individual. If you feel this should be deleted, then use the regular deletion process. AHeneen (talk) 06:22, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Eh. It's not worth it. Too many worms in that can to open it. I withdrew the nomination. Sorry for the trouble. --Majora (talk) 06:42, 18 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]