Commons:Deletion requests/Files in Category:License plates of Illinois

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Files in Category:License plates of Illinois

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These plates contain artwork that is above the threshold of originality in the United States. While Federal Government works are in the public domain in the United States, the same cannot be generally said for works of U.S. States; Illinois does not dedicate its works to the public domain. All of these license plates bear designs that appear to have first been published after March 1, 1989. Per COM:HIRTLE, this would make the plates copyrighted in the United States. As we cannot host copyrighted works absent an explicit free license, we likewise cannot host images of these plates on Commons. These files should be deleted as such.

— Red-tailed hawk (nest) 04:14, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 Keep - The Abraham Lincoln image dates back to 19th century, making it Template:PD-old. The wordmark is Template:PD-textlogo. – Illegitimate Barrister (talk • contribs), 03:58, 10 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
1) Can you give me a link to the specific image? I'm not able to find the specific image of lincoln being published in the 19th century.
2) I'm going to also go out on a limb and say that the plates that contain the outlines of the buildings in a linear arrangement (i.e. File:Illinois 2017 License Plate V1.jpg, File:Illinois 2017 License Plate V2.jpg, and File:Illinois 2017 License Plate V3.jpg, and File:Illinois 2020-2021 License Plate.png) are probably above COM:TOO USA independently of Lincoln's face.
— Red-tailed hawk (nest) 02:34, 11 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Illegitimate Barrister Anyway, I'm not sure File:Illinois R. of Macedonia plate.jpg could also be so-kept as it's published in North Macedonia ("Republic of Macedonia" in the then era), we need a clarification on TOO status here. At the moment, I would say a little pro- Delete for this one unless TOO requirement in North Macedonia is at least same as US. (PS: Another problem affects this N. Macedonian one is shown here: Not OK for 2D works.) Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 04:42, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Kiril Simeonovski: ^^ Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 22:52, 12 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Red-tailed hawk: The image of Lincoln is almost certainly a derivative of File:Abraham Lincoln - DPLA - 362afb7df9105e2f1aeb576f50280d9c (page 1).jpg, but it's sufficiently different that it would have its own copyright. —holly {chat} 22:04, 13 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Deleted: per nomination. Deleted the ones with the Lincoln face and ones that would be above the ToO. Kept the motorcycle license photograph since I don't see the Lincoln face and the rest appears to be below the ToO in the US. --Abzeronow (talk) 15:59, 15 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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