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Merry Christmas and a Prosperous 2026!

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Thanks A1Cafel! Merry christmas too! JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 14:21, 24 December 2025 (UTC)

Let's discuss this again

Hello JWilz12345, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and New Year's holiday. Let's resume our discussion.

Back in August, you asked whether "commercial use" is permitted in Egypt or not? I understand that it's essential for FOP. I suggested giving us some time because the topic is complex and extensive; there might be other laws we're unaware of. Perhaps the law did not explicitly define the point of commercial use, but it is implicit, as we do not have a single case in Egypt against anyone for allowing the commercial use of the image (and this is through my research in the archives of the Egyptian Courts).

The discussion didn't yield any results and no Consensus. All you provided was a reading of a paragraph from a translated version of the 2002 Egyptian Intellectual Property Law. Based on your own interpretation, you unilaterally closed the discussion and changed the Commons page.

According to the legal principle of "burden of proof," you also failed to provide clear evidence that commercial use is prohibited in Egypt. Therefore, I don't understand how you can establish a legal principle in this way. How can you so easily determine the legal status of images belonging to an entire country?

With all due respect, you are just a volunteer like us and don't hold a legal position at Wikimedia Commons. At the very least, for neutrality: the discussion should have been closed by someone else, not the person who started it. I believe that such important matters should be discussed in a broad manner, with the participation of specialists, especially from Egypt, not just through a few days and small discussion that decides such a crucial issue.

I fully appreciate your concern about copyrights issues, but we're not discussing a file or a photo; we're talking about the fate of thousands of images from an entire country. Many images are already at risk of being deleted because of your unilateral decision! I don't understand why such a matter doesn't concern you.

As I said before, I am currently the head of the Wikimedia group in Egypt, and therefore I am keen not to waste the contributions of our volunteers because I see that your interpretation is completely wrong and it is my right to defend them. The issue is not personal and it doesn't require stubbornness. You are not on the right side and I am an anonymous user who vandalize! I don't like things to come to this.

I have been officially contacting the Egyptian Supreme Courts since last September to provide a legal interpretation. I've also contacted the Egyptian Ministry of Justice, several law firms to research, and I contacted Wikimedia's legal team. I will start the discussion on (COM:VPC), These processes may take some time, and I hope you understand the importance and seriousness of this issue and it needs some time, I think we can resolve this issue in the right way. Thank you. Ibrahim.ID ✪ 16:55, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

@Ibrahim.ID feel free to open a new discussion at COM:VPC if new developments arise. Until no new information or developments exist, nothing is going to be changed. JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 20:10, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

To add, this is not just a unilateral decision. I posted it on VPC and @Josve05a chimed in. Typically, discussions on VPC are sent to archives if 7 days have passed since the last comment.

By the way, I do note that the alleged Egyptian FoP bears similarity to the "single copy" clause under the UAE copyright law, which @Clindberg pointed out that it's not a valid clause for UAE (see Commons:Village pump/Copyright/Archive/2025/08#UAE). JWilz12345 (Talk|Contributions) 20:16, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

@Ibrahim.ID: As Commons volunteers, none of us has the authority to determine the actual legal reality in Egypt or any other jurisdiction. What we do have is the responsibility to apply Wikimedia Commons policy consistently. Commons does not require certainty that a restriction exists. It requires positive evidence that a work is free for reuse, including commercial reuse, worldwide. This follows directly from the precautionary principle and the evidentiary standard.

The absence of court cases prohibiting commercial use is not sufficient to establish that such use is permitted. Under Commons policy, the burden of proof lies with those asserting freedom, not with those urging caution. Without authoritative case law, official legal interpretations, or secondary legal analysis explicitly confirming that commercial reuse of photographs of protected works is allowed in Egypt, the material cannot be considered proven free.

You are welcome to pursue official legal clarification and to open a new VPC discussion if new, reliable evidence emerges. Until then, maintaining a cautious position is necessary to protect Commons and its re-users. Files can be restored and undeleted if freedom is later confirmed. What cannot be undone is the possible downstream harm to re-users if Commons hosts material under an unproven assumption of freedom. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 20:54, 7 January 2026 (UTC)

Korean buildings

You have nominated for deletion several photos I uploaded of buildings in Korea on the basis that "There is no commercial Freedom of Panorama in South Korea." So on that basis will you be deleting most photos in Category:Museums in South Korea and Category:Buildings in South Korea by location? Mztourist (talk) 06:20, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

I have raised this at Village Pump: [1] Mztourist (talk) 06:40, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

1. If the building's architect died before 1956, it's public domain. Buildings are not affected by URAA so if a building is PD in South Korea, we can keep them. 2.) South Korea might on the path towards commercial FOP for buildings. If they do pass that into law, deleted photos of buildings will be restored. Abzeronow (talk) 07:00, 17 January 2026 (UTC)