File talk:Yemenite Elder Blowing Shofat, February 1, 1949.jpg

Licensing Status

I wish to remind the staff here that this photo was taken in 1947 (during the British Mandate), and is contained in Israel's National Archives. The photo clearly falls under the License agreement of PD-IsraelGov used for Israeli government photographs, 50 years after publication, and which stipulates that if the copyrights are owned by the State, not acquired from a private person, and there is no special agreement between the State and the author — on 1 January of the 51st year after the creation of the work (paragraphs 36 and 42 in the 2007 statute), they can be used. Moreover, according to Israel's copyright statute from 2007 (translation), a work is released to the public domain on 1 January of the 71st year after the author's death (paragraph 38 of the 2007 statute) with the following exceptions: ##A photograph taken on 24 May 2008 or earlier — the old British Mandate act applies, i.e. on 1 January of the 51st year after the creation of the photograph (paragraph 78(i) of the 2007 statute, and paragraph 21 of the old British Mandate act). I therefore recommend that the photo be moved to Wikimedia Commons.Davidbena (talk) 01:22, 12 April 2018 (UTC)