Talk:Canadian hundred-dollar bill

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[edit] Deleted images

For some reason all individual images of the obverses and reverses of the 2001 series Canadian bills have been deleted (except for the $5 bill). Does anyone know why this has happened, or how to get them back? --thirty-seven 21:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

The world of Wikipedia image uploading is more confusing than an M. C. Escher woodcut, with copyright rules more tangled than a kite in the pines. I gave up long ago trying to understand Wikipedia's absurd image policies. It's also why I take interest in other Wikis, ones that don't really care about image copyrights. Kevin 01:52, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

I'm sure it has to do more with the Criminal Code than with federal copyright law. According to my Canadian Press Stylebook (the bible for Canadian reporters), the Criminal Code prohibits the publication of any Canadian banknote or a recognizable portion of one. This does not apply if either, the length and width is less than three-quarters or greater than 1.5 times the length or width of a real one, if the likeness is in black and white only, or features just one side of the banknote. As well, the Bank of Canada may provide a replica of a banknote and agree to waive prosecution, usually to promote a newly issued note. These images may be transmitted. In sum, I'm sure the reason behind this law is to keep anyone from even thinking that a print-off of an image is real. I hope this helps. Scott--75.156.147.64 (talk) 00:54, 14 June 2008 (UTC)