Talk:Anthem of LDPR

Copyright?
Are you sure it is public domain and LDPR would not sue the Wikipedia? abakharev 20:16, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, it's a national political party, I think it will certainly welcome the publicity... They are also very open on their web-site: as you can see, they provide all of their published records free of charge in full mp3's. As a matter of fact, when someone stole an LDPR banner from LDPR, Zhirinovsky was very certain that he "welcomes anyone to come and take anything from LDPR". But to answer your question, &mdash; "I dunno". :-) MureninC 21:13, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * On the other hand, what about other anthems? Did all contries authorise Wikipedia to produce derivative works from their national anthems, such as translation of the lyrics into English? I think that's basically the same question, isn't it? MureninC 21:21, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * In the case of Russia, National anthem is covered by PD-RU-exempt, the similar provisions are true for the most of states. I know that Australian Aborigens explicitly forbid to use their flag on wikipedia (and it is a pain). abakharev 22:23, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * official documents (...) and official translations thereof — Just to make sure we're on the same page, you do recognise the difference between an "official translation" and a "[free-style] translation". As an example, the Soviet anthem, according to the page here, had an official English translation, whilst Russian anthem does not, as far as I am aware. Thus I'm not sure that you have the right to translate (i.e. make a derivative) the anthem yourself and publish it here. (I assume, the rationale behind this being the fact that the translator might introduce some controversies that weren't supposed to be in the original work, so unofficial translations should not be permitted.) As you can see from Z. statement above, he welcomes anyone to take anything from LDPR. :-) MureninC 23:57, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * OK, if you see any copyright problems with any wikipedia article, feel free to ask the questions on their talkpage. Is it very difficult to contact LDPR for an official permission to publish the Anthem on Wiki? I am not a particular fun of LDPR, so it would be better if somebody else would do it abakharev 01:16, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * What would be an official permission, how could one get it from the practical point of view? I'm not in Russia, so it's not like LDPR is headquartered in my city for me to follow Zhirinovsky's advice. :-) Anyone from Moscow here? MureninC 14:07, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Honestly, though, why don't you think that this qualifies as a fair use? I think it certainly does &mdash; the anthem is a promotional material. MureninC 14:16, 23 January 2006 (UTC)