Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:Historical markers in New Hampshire

Files in Category:Historical markers in New Hampshire

Modern (Post-1989) complex signs without evidence of permission. The text of NH historical highway markers is typically written by the NH Division of Historical Resources, and the State of New Hampshire asserts copyright over its works. There is no FoP for non-buildings in the US.

AntiCompositeNumber (talk) 16:24, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I took the 45th Parallel picture. I'm reaching out to the folks from the State of NH to see if I can get permission to use this one. Jessamyn - Flickr Foundation (my talk page) 17:22, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment The sign seen in File:45th parallel north.png is a replacement; the original was installed in the mid-1970s (in case there may be a photo of the original sign available). At least one of the signs, File:Elizabeth Gurley Flynn Historical Marker Concord NH.jpeg, is no longer extant. Dmoore5556 (talk) 18:10, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Dmoore5556: why would it be relevant that the sign is no longer extant? - Jmabel ! talk 20:18, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  - It may or may not, I just wanted to point out that at least one of the signs in question has been removed. Dmoore5556 (talk) 02:32, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment I took the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn picture. I'd note that the text of the sign has been reproduced for use on yard signs by citizens around Concord who wish to protest the official marker's removal. If the state is going to sue over copyright violation over it, they'd have to sue a large number of Concord residents as well. The original authors of the text of the sign support its reproduction, even if certain elected officials don't. Cooljeanius (talk) 22:55, 2 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Cooljeanius I'd presume the protesters who reproduced the text didn't made profits over the reproductions. Freedom of panorama legal right allows free reproductions of copyrighted artistic works (as well as literary works like texts) permanently exposed in public spaces, including commercial reuses. There is no FoP for any protected public space work in the US except buildings (architecture). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 01:05, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- For what it's worth, the Elizabeth Gurley Flynn marker is not "permanently exposed in public spaces"; it was removed within days of its unveiling. That being said, as annoying as it may be to have content like this flagged for deletion (I took at least one of the photos in the above list), "someone else did it too" is not a viable path to get Wikimedia Commons to retain it. Photos of a significant number of New Hampshire markers appear in the 2018 book Cruising New Hampshire History (including on the cover) — whether the author did so with or without permission from the State of New Hampshire doesn't help us here. What could work is either getting permission from the State for each photo in question (which one editor has mentioned pursuing, above) or getting the State to release all of the markers into the public domain. Dmoore5556 (talk) 02:32, 4 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment No objection to the deletion of the pictures I took. I didn't realize they were so recent. Faolin42 (talk) 00:55, 3 July 2025 (UTC)/[reply]

Comment I am seeking an opinion from the UNH School of Law in Concord. - 184.80.207.234 17:26, 22 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]