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Supreme Court of Sweden agrees to try Bildkonst Upphovsrätt i Sverige
versus Wikimedia Sverige
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March 20, 2015
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Sweden_agrees_to_try_Bildkonst_Upphovsr%C3%A4tt_i_Sverige_versus_Wikimedia_Sverige



The highest court in Sweden, the Supreme Court of Sweden, agreed on
Monday to try the case "''Ö 849-15''" between ''Bildkonst Upphovsrätt
i Sverige'' (BUS, Visual Arts Copyright Society in Sweden) and
''Wikimedia Sverige'' (Wikimedia Sweden). The jurisprudence could result
in Freedom of Panorama being effectively overturned in Sweden, requiring
websites such as Wikimedia Commons, which is maintained by the Wikimedia
Foundation, to delete thousands of images.

Not long after ''Wikimedia Sverige'' created the website
offentligkonst.se to publish images and metadata about artworks placed
in public spaces in Sweden, BUS, a pro-copyright lobby, advocated that
it constituted infringement on the artists' copyright. The current
lawsuit opposes the interpretation of ''Wikimedia'' — that artwork
permanently installed in public space should be subject to the Freedom
of Panorama exception that is in effect in Sweden — to that of BUS 
— that is creation (''sister=wikt:sv|avbilda'') of images and videos
of an artwork in a public space is allowed, their distribution
(''sister=wikt:sv|återge'') remains prohibited.

Anna Troberg, an author and former leader of the Swedish Pirate Party
which advocates copyright reform, commented on her blog, 

;Images over which BUS are suing Wikimedia Sverige
<gallery>
File:120 DUO.JPG|Thomas Qvarsebo bronze statue ''Duo'', in Stockholm,
donated by Eva Bonniers Grants Committee. 
File:Johan Paalzow Moby Dick. JPG|Johan Paalzow sculpture ''Moby Dick'',
in Stockholm. 
File:Eva Hild Binär. JPG|Eva Hild sculpture ''Binär'', in Stockholm. 
</gallery>

== Sources ==
* http://www.kamerabild.se/nyheter/bilder-p-offentliga-konstverk-pr-vas-i-hd
* http://www.aftonbladet.se/kultur/article20489746.ab
* https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=478&amp;artikel=6119796
* http://www.idg.se/2.1085/1.615861/hd-provar-om-wikimedias-foton-pa-offentlig-konst-ar-upphovsrattsbrott
* http://www.stockholmstingsratt.se/Domstolar/stockholmstingsratt/Dokument/F%C3%B6rhandlingar%202015/Forhandlingar%202015-01-12%20--%2016.pdf
* http://www.hogstadomstolen.se/Avgoranden/Provningstillstand/
* http://www.annatroberg.se/2014/06/13/bus-eller-godis/
|pub=annatroberg.se
|date=June 13, 2014
|lang=sv
}}

== External links ==
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* [http://offentligkonst.se/ http://offentligkonst.se/]
*  https://wikimediasverige.wordpress.com/2014/06/13/angaende-stamningsansokan-fran-bus-mot-offentligkonst-se/#English (Press release)
*  http://www.bus.se/3557 (Press release)



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