User talk:Mike Matejka

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===This is a photo I took myself of a plaque in a public park erected in 1960. I am happy to share my photograph and there are no copyright issues with this plaque, which would not be considered an artwork. Mike Matejka 30 Jan 2013.

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=== This is a photograph of a 1936 monument in a publicly accessible cemetery and there are no artistic issues with an artist over this public sculpture. Mike Matejka 30 January 2013

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=== These are all photographs I took myself. The subjects of these photographs are not the copyrighted work of individual artists, but are public monuments, paid for with public funds or community subscription, and thus there will be no copyright dispute from an artist over photographic usage of these monuments, plaques and public artworks. Mike Matejka 30 January 2013

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=== This is a photograph I took myself of a sculpture in a public setting, a municipal park. The funder of the artwork was very pleased when told the picture would be accessible via wikipedia. Mike Matejka, 30 January 2013

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=== this is a photograph I took myself of a community sponsored artwork that is in a public park; it was not being displayed by a private artist for personal gain, therefore it is not subject to copyright restriction. Mike Matejka 30 January 2013

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== This is a photograph I took myself of a 100 year old public monument that is not the work of an individual artist but was a publicly sponsored artwork. Mike Matejka 30 January 2013

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=== This is a photograph I took myself of an 1893 monument in a publicly accessible cemetery; the sculpture was funded by community subscription and is not a for-profit art work of an individual sculptor. Mike Matejka 30 January 2013

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=== This ia a photograph I took myself of a publicly-funded memorial in a public park that is not the copyrighted work of an individual artist. Mike Matejka 30 January 2013

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=== This is a photograph I took myself of a community-funded monument in a publicly accessible cemetery that is not the copyrighted work of an individual sculptor. Mike Matejka 30 January 2013

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=== This is a photograph I took myself and am sharing very willingly on wikipedia. This is not a sculpture or work of an artist, it is a flagpole built by railway workers in 1942 and should not be considered copyrighted art. Mike Matejka 30 January 2013