Commons:Deletion requests/Image:Eitelprussia1883-3.jpg
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While it is entirely possible that this is {{PD-Old-70}}, the author (marked in the lower left corner) is unknown and hence this image's status is unclear. We do have a clearly PD image of this person at Image:Prinz Eitel Friedrich von Preußen.jpg. Unless the author of this image and his death year can be determined, 
- Actually, the author is mentioned in the bottom right: Erich Sellin. Life dates unknown. It is known, though, that he sold his studio to Ernst Sandau in 1910, c.f. User talk:Lupo#Mal wieder Original Research (in German). Can anyone figure out the death dates of the photographers Erich Sellin and Ernst Sandau, both based in Berlin, Germany? Lupo 09:05, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
- The German copyright law of 1907 only gave a 10 year protection for photos (counted from time of publication). This was not prolonged until 1940 when the protected time was set to 25 years after publication (see [1]). Thus this photo - probably taken somewhere around 1910 - was in public domain already somewhere in the 1920s, and thus modern regulations (70 year after death of creator - which wasn't applied in Germany until 1985) can not be applied afterwards. /FredrikT (talk) 22:01, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Rechtlich richtig. Und es wäre schade um das seltene Dokument.
