Talk:Our Lady of the Rockies

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This reads like a romantic brochure for the statue, not a POV-independent piece simply containing facts. Tedder 03:32, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Tedder's comments are duly noted; changes to the article were made today. Please feel free to add/edit at your will. Smileyjoey 08:48, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

I am the Grandnephew of Bob O'Bill. I changed the article to reflect the correction of his name (was originally listed as Bill).

Added some references for the article. It needs more! Smileyjoey 10:42, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

I see that the base is made of concrete, but the rest is constructed from "donated materials". What might those be? Any other notes on the construction would be appreciated. Also, the reference to the Statue of Liberty seems out of place, as 90 feet is not "nearly" 150 feet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.255.184.148 (talk) 02:57, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Building off Tedder and Smileyjoey's comments, extensive edits made today to remove "romantic brochure" tone and add citations as well as additional information. (No additional details on construction materials, sorry, but I changed the wording in the article to less "beg the question" now.) 192.104.222.74 (talk) 05:12, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Image
It should be noted that anyone wishing to place an image of the statue on this article must understand the nature of copyright on such a work. In the United States, there is no freedom of panorama for three dimensional works of art on public display. What this means is that if an artist has a three dimensional work on public display, and that work is copyrighted (more on that in a moment), then anybody who takes a picture of that work is not the sole copyright holder of the photograph. The artists of the three dimensional work has derivative rights on the photograph. While the photographer might release their rights to the photograph, the photograph is still encumbered with rights derived from the three dimensional work.

Now, as to copyright; a quick primer on the age of a work and its copyright status is available at the Cornell Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States chart. This statue was completed in 1985. A registration of copyright was completed for the statue and it's bust, which can be found by searching for "Our Lady of the Rockies" at the U.S. Copyright Office's records search located here. So, taking that it was "published" (by way of completion) and registered in 1985 and using that with Cornell's chart, we see that the copyright status of the statue is remains intact until "70 years after the death of author. If a work of corporate authorship, 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation, whichever expires first".

Therefore, any photograph taken of the statue where the statue is the principal part of the image (see De_minimis) has copyright burdens on it that prevent its being uploaded under a free license either here or on Commons. Any image used here must be used under terms of our non-free content policy. If anyone needs help with this, please ping me to this page and I'll assist. --Hammersoft (talk) 19:18, 21 October 2016 (UTC)