Commons talk:Deletion requests/Australia money (2007-03-03)

 Strong oppose To put a crude point on it, this deletion request is stupid. http://www.rba.gov.au/CurrencyNotes/LegalFramework/representation.html says "Consent is not required for a representation that is not capable of misleading. However, the legislation places an obligation on those wanting to make the representation to ensure that it is not capable of misleading the public into believing it is a genuine note. It follows that, if representations are made, there may be risks for those involved. Unauthorised representations that mislead, or are considered capable of misleading, could be expected to bring severe penalties under the counterfeiting provisions of the Act". In other words, the Reserve Bank specifically has said that reproductions can be made. There are entire books full of images of Australian Currency that have been available for upwards of 25 years without issue. I am Theducks on Wikipedia.

The comment above given by 130.95.186.138 on March 6, 2007

The page you refer to above also states clearly: "Persons making reproductions of note designs should also be aware of the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act, which came into effect from 21 December 2000. This Act recognises certain rights of the designer, including the right not to have work altered in a prejudicial way, known as "right of integrity". This "right of integrity" is a right not to have the note subjected to derogatory treatment. Derogatory treatment would include doing anything that is prejudicial to the author's honour or reputation."

If the copyright owner has not released the banknotes under a free license (GFDL, CC) or allows anybody to use them for any purpose, they should not be uploaded to WikiCommons. Thuresson 15:25, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

Genuine Note?

If all the fuss is about these pictures maybe misleading the public to thinking that they are genuine notes i put this to you.... they are on a computer screen. Is somebody going to take their computer screen down to the shop and try to pay for their groceries? NO. that is a fact and you can quote me. Also, if you are worried about people printing these pictures out and taking them to the shop, think about it, they're going to have to go to the trouble of making it doublesided, the shop keeper is going to know its just a piece of paper, and if anybody wanted to do that anyway they can just take a photo of some money with their own camera. The law was made so people wouldnt try to fake money, not for taking pictures of money. Stop trying to bend the law to your will and realise that Wikipedia is about knowledge not power. A teacher in a school only needs to look up their subject on wikipedia then they can teach their whole lesson. Freakin' governments aye? "They're there to look after us." Ha Ha Ha what a joke. when they pull stunts like this it shows that they dont care about the public. They have the laws and their willing to use them. What a nice, friendly government. - The Opened Mind.

The comment above given by Theopenedmind on March 7, 2007