Wikipedia:Copyright problems
This page is intended for listing and discussing copyright problems on Wikipedia, including pages and images which are suspected to be in violation.
If you list a page or image here which you believe to be a copyright infringement, be sure to follow the instructions in the "Copyright infringement notice" section below. Page titles should stay listed for a minimum of 7 days before a decision is made. Add new reports under today's section at the bottom of this page.
Pages where the most recent edit is a copyright violation, but the previous article was not, should not be deleted. They should be reverted. The violating text will remain in the page history for archival reasons unless the copyright holder asks the Wikimedia Foundation to remove it. See Wikipedia:Page history for details and Wikipedia talk:Copyright violations on history pages for discussion. See also: Wikipedia:Votes for deletion, Wikipedia:Deletion policy, Wikipedia:Copyrights, Wikipedia talk:Copyright violations on history pages, Wikipedia:Image description page, Wikipedia:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation, Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission, Wikipedia:Sites that use Wikipedia for content, m:Do fair use images violate the GFDL?, m:Fair use, Wikipedia:Fair use, copyright
Alternatives
In addition to nominating potential copyright violations for deletion, you could:
- Replace the article's text with new (re-written) content of your own: This can be done on a temp page, so that the original "copyvio version" may be deleted by a sysop. Temp versions should be written at a page like: [[PAGE NAME/temp]]. If the original turns out to be not a copyvio, these two can be merged.
- Write to the owner of the copyright to check whether they gave permission (or maybe they in fact posted it here!).
- Ask for permission - see wikipedia:boilerplate request for permission, Wikipedia:Confirmation of permission
Notice to copyright owners
If you believe Wikipedia is infringing your copyright, you may choose to raise the issue using Wikipedia:Request for immediate removal of copyright violation. Alternatively, you may choose to contact Wikipedia's designated agent under the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act.
Copyright infringement notice
Actions to take for text
Remove the text of the article, and replace it with the following:
{{copyvio|url=place URL of allegedly copied material here}} ~~~~
Where you replace "place URL of allegedly copied material here" with the Web address (or book or article reference) that contains the original source text. For example:
{{copyvio|url=http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/hovawart.htm}}
After removing the suspected text violation add an entry on this page under today's section at the bottom of this page.
Actions to take for images
If you suspect an image is violating copyright, add the following to the image description page:
{{imagevio|url=<place URL of allegedly copied image here>}}~~~~
After adding the text to the image information page add an entry on this page under today's section at the bottom of this page.
Special cases
Amazon copyrights
An interest has been expressed in the Wikipedia community to use images from Amazon.com, particularly with regard to cover art from commercial music recordings (albums).
When approached about permission to use images from their site, Amazon.com's official response was that such permission simply wasn't theirs to give. They say that the copyrights still belong to the holders of copyrights in the original works.
At this time, there is no official Wikipedia policy for or against using Amazon.com as a source of images such as album cover art. Note, however, that Wikipedia copyright policy is still in effect—uploaded images' descriptions should still contain proper attribution, a copyright notice if copyrighted, and a fair-use rationale if fair use is being claimed. (Simply make sure that the copyright is attributed to the true copyright holder and not Amazon.com.) For specific guidelines on images and copyright, see Wikipedia:Copyrights#Image_guidelines.
- Please list any amazon image copyright issues at Wikipedia:Images from Amazon.com. - Texture 16:59, 19 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Pokémon images
The discussion on Pokémon images has been moved to Template talk:Pokeimage.
Used with permission images
These are all "used with permission" images (or have no info as to source) and thus cannot be used by third parties, thus they are not in the spirit of the GNUFDL and hinder the redistribution of Wikipedia content. Jimbo Wales said we cannot use those type of images as a result. [1] --mav 21:04, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
- I note that some of these images merely require credit and do not otherwise restrict usage. Since we are required by the GFDL to maintain authorship information, I don't see how that is incompatible. —Morven 21:30, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
- I'm in the process of removing those from the above list and re-classifying them as fairuse. --mav
Image:Amcoa.jpg Image:LondonEye1.jpg Image:BARBER01.jpg Image:Nokia-mobilephoneearpiece010.jpg Image:Belcourt.jpg Image:W D Hamilton.jpg Image:Ascaphus truei.jpg
Image:Peppered moth Biston betularia betularia f typica.jpg
- This appears to be an accurate scientific photograph. Does anyone see any sign of artistic creativity in lighting or other aspects of the presentation? Recall that in the US there must be some creativity to have copyright. Jamesday 13:26, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
Non-commercial use images
As of June 30, 2004, images where permission is granted for non-commercial use only are not allowed. This is official Wikipedia policy pronounced by Jimbo Wales. [2]. As a result, all of these images now need to be removed from any associated articles and deleted. Before they are deleted, we should evaluate whether we can justify their use on other grounds, such as fair use. --Michael Snow 21:22, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Just to clarify, we are not yet to the point where wholesale deletions and actions against this type of image are warranted. We are still not to a satisfactory point in image tagging, and we want to finalize the new upload form (and get it active), so that we can better manage change in the future. It is advised not to upload any new non-commercial images now, and to seek replacements for non-commercial images that we have, but for today anyway, I recommend against people trying to hunt these down and extinguish them. We are going to try to have a smoother transition than that. Jimbo Wales 15:23, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- I have removed the link to http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/index.html from Wikipedia:Public domain image resources due to the non-commercial restricton. Shame, I was just about to use his Edvard Munch "Scream" image as it was from an "approved" source. PhilHibbs 12:05, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Lichfield3spires.jpg is from FreeFoto.com. The uploader asserted it to be a copyright-free image, but the rules seem to be pretty clear to me that it's non-commercial only (and indeed personal-only, which would rule out use by the Wikimedia Foundation). Could I have a second opinion please?
Poster claims to be the author or to have permission
When you originally report a suspected copyright violation, do not add it here, but at the very bottom of this page (under the heading for today's date). Typically, the issue will be resolved within the usual seven days. This section is intended for cases where a second opinion is needed, or where someone should follow-up by e-mail, and which thus need a little more time.
- River Valley Ranch. User claims on talk page to have copyright. Wyllium 06:57, 2004 Nov 13 (UTC)
- Image:Sinitic Languages.jpg This image seems to be copyrighted, and the uploader has not stated that he has permission to use it, although a request for it now is a month old. --Vikingstad 14:12, Jun 22, 2004 (UTC)
- Uploader states s/he's the copyright owner. See User talk:Naus. --Diberri | Talk 02:42, Jul 1, 2004 (UTC)
- Dentsu from [3] (according to vfd discussion on talk page) -- Graham ☺ | Talk 00:20, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- See Talk:Dentsu, author claims to be copyright holder. However if this turns out to be the case the page would need to be re-listed on vfd for content. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 09:55, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Egale Canada from [4] and others - Lucky 6.9 18:23, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Claims to be copyright holder on talk.Maximus Rex 23:09, 27 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Tsubasa from [5] , but the (possible) vio was uploaded by the (claimed) author of the website: does this indicate she gives permission for it to be used under the GFDL, or just that she doesn't understand the GFDL? Pyrop 23:56, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)
- No copyvio notice. E-mail given at extlink mentioned in article ends in "@dragonmount.com". www.dragonmount.com resolves to 66.221.104.33. No such IP ever edited the article. Somebody wants to follwo-up by e-mail? Lupo 11:29, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Carlos Martínez. Uploader is not the author but claims to have permission, see Talk:Carlos Martínez. Also, the site on which I found the text is apparently not the original either. I've reverted the copyvio, assuming good faith. Also I have contacted the email address informing that I've reverted and put the page here. If anybody feels the need for a follow-up, please do so. Sander123 11:24, 14 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- article is now at Carlos Martínez (actor) and I don't see that allowing the text under GFDL has been resolved. If we can't confirm, should be relisted. -- Infrogmation 21:26, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Fair use claims needing a second opinion
Apparently the old Wikipedia:Fair use mechanism has fallen out of use. This section lists all cases (typically images) where a fair use claim was made during the initial seven days, and for which a second opinion is needed. Add your comments here, and when you remove an entry from here (and it is kept), copy the discussion to the (image) talk page.
- Charley_Patton - first off, patton died in '34, and therefore all recordings should be public domain, correct? What about when effort was put in to remaster the tracks, like the Grammy award winning "Screamin' And Hollerin' The Blues: The Worlds of Charley Patton"? (article) lastly, much of the article is a lenghthy and (relatively) widely published quote, is this fair use as well?
- As to the recordings, while 1922 is the year for print PD-US, I do know that pre 1930 recordings are PD-US (and somewhat later... I'm not sure if it goes up to '34 but it might). BUT! That is only if the recordings are taken from original pre 193* discs, not some reissue. -- Infrogmation 22:38, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- thanks for responding to my charlie patton copyright check. i don't really know who else to ask this of, or if it's polite to start the discussion on this page. i've checked at copyright.gov, and music that age qualifies for 95 years protection if renewed. the online database is only post 1978ish, so it could have well been renewed sometime earler. the research fee is 75$/h, and the plane ticket to dc's even more. -_- so since i'm not fronting the research fee, i should probably take the music down, i think. will someone second that thought? that still puts the question in my head whether reissuers who do naught but transfer music to a new medium (and add no value other than packaging) receive copyright when i use them to do the same kind of transfer to get it to ogg.. i hope not.. --evilmousse 1am 12/14/04 CST
- US copyright law for recordings in the early 20th century was different and provided less protection than that for compositions and printed matter. While I don't have the details at hand, I can vouch for the following: Already by the 1980s pre-1930s recordings were PD in the US, even if the compositions and sheet music of the same tunes were still under copyright. Hence, companies both in the USA and Europe reissued audio from pre-1930s recordings without permission or royalties. A few times some of the big record companies still in business since the early 20th century did sue some of the independent reissuers, but the cases were decided in favor of the reissuers, confirming the PD status of the audio. (Hm, sometime we probably need to have such info and the exact date this situation goes up to now on some Wikipedia copyright FAQ.) -- Infrogmation 21:13, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- thanks for responding to my charlie patton copyright check. i don't really know who else to ask this of, or if it's polite to start the discussion on this page. i've checked at copyright.gov, and music that age qualifies for 95 years protection if renewed. the online database is only post 1978ish, so it could have well been renewed sometime earler. the research fee is 75$/h, and the plane ticket to dc's even more. -_- so since i'm not fronting the research fee, i should probably take the music down, i think. will someone second that thought? that still puts the question in my head whether reissuers who do naught but transfer music to a new medium (and add no value other than packaging) receive copyright when i use them to do the same kind of transfer to get it to ogg.. i hope not.. --evilmousse 1am 12/14/04 CST
- As to the recordings, while 1922 is the year for print PD-US, I do know that pre 1930 recordings are PD-US (and somewhat later... I'm not sure if it goes up to '34 but it might). BUT! That is only if the recordings are taken from original pre 193* discs, not some reissue. -- Infrogmation 22:38, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Winter Soldier Investigation#Origin - several paragraphs copied, not entire article - moved to Talk page. Editor claims fair use of plagiarized text in "Origin" section. Source has copyright notice. [6] Text and copyvio notice was reverted within 2 hours. SEWilco 21:31, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Image:MichelineBernardini.jpg in article Bikini. This is a significant event in the history of 20th century fashion, so I believe the image is under fair use in the related article. But I read a sceptical opinion in the article discussion page, so I need confirmation. -Hapsiainen 22:31, Nov 18, 2004 (UTC)
Suspected copyright infringements without online source
These need a thorough check for online sources, and if none are found, a check for offline sources.
- KESHAV DUTT SHARMA is a huge and strangely worded obituary. It's an obvious C&P, but I don't know where it's from. - Lucky 6.9 00:00, 29 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Italian exports, Italian Government, and Islam in Italy all smell like copyvios but I can't tell where from. They were all put up by User:82.43.213.217, and share the same writing style. Dave6 05:44, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- No copyvio notices on these articles. -- Infrogmation 14:21, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Remaining image uploads of User:Avnionur are probably also copyright violations, but I didn't find them. Articles are all checked. Lupo 09:58, 23 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Problem images without documented source may be listed on Wikipedia:Possibly unfree images. -- Infrogmation 22:19, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Was pasted in one go by an anonymous user. That seems suspicious to me. --P3d0 18:04, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
- Linguistic human rights appears to be copied out of book by Tove Skutnabb-Kangas, but I am not absolutely certain -- JamesTeterenko 03:51, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Clapp oscillator definitely copied from somewhere, but Google can't find it. David Johnson 18:38, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:YEGInterior2.jpg and Image:EIAJPEG.JPG have no source info and appear to be copied, but I can't find them anywhere on Google. Gwk 00:52, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
List of other copyright problems
- Category:Unfree images
- Note that some of these may not actually be unfree images, but rather images which are released under multiple licenses. anthony (see warning) 10:00, 3 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Category:Images with missing copyright information
- These should replaced and many should be listed for deletion. Those that are currently orphaned can be listed on images for deletion. Guanaco 00:42, Aug 3, 2004 (UTC)
- Images by Donar. Images from various web sites. --Amillar 22:55, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)
- Data recovery: parts are from [7]. Other parts may be original text. Samw 12:45, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- The whole text is from Infocog - but I wonder if this is a non compliant mirror. Some text also seems to be from [8]. Secretlondon 00:25, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- USAir Flight 427 from [9] Dunc_Harris|☺ 16:23, 2 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- But this is a reprint of a document submitted to the US NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD - does that make it PD? Secretlondon 00:55, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- Sunday Times Rich List 2003 (1-500) and Sunday Times Rich List 2003 (501-1000) - is the compilaton of this information copyrighted/ RickK 22:00, Aug 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Well then. Should a copyvio notice be added to those articles? -- Infrogmation 07:11, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Apheresis has word-to-word copyvio sections from WebPath. I'm doing a rewrite. JFW | T@lk 18:27, 4 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Early Childhood Autism - Comes from a private wiki where content is copyright contributors. Contains several images that are almost certainly copyvios. See link from original author's pages. It's unclear where the article came from (e.g. was generated on that wiki or not). This will require some research to sort out. --Improv 18:27, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Content is copyright contributors on this wiki too. I don't see anything wrong with it. The images are such low quality that they are almost certainly fair use.
- Someone else who was looking into this on IRC has said that that wiki does not mandate GFDL. With regards to the images, it may be that the content (i.e. text that is used for medical purposes) is copyright. If so, regardless of image quality, it may be covered by copyright. We need to be careful (low-res pictures of an entire short story are not fair use) --Improv 14:39, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Content is copyright contributors on this wiki too. I don't see anything wrong with it. The images are such low quality that they are almost certainly fair use.
- Cerrone has very similar text to artists own website [10]. --Harriv 22:05, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Is Arun Gandhi too similar to [11], [12], and [13]? 68.81.231.127 10:54, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Could someone look over the images User:Mjvinegrad has uploaded? I think I got all the copyvio text, but I don't know much about images. The user appears to be well intentioned, so be nice :) 68.81.231.127 14:35, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)- Tagishsimon listed them under December 22. Thanks. 68.81.231.127 05:53, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- User:mikerussell could use some guidance with copyright issues from someone more familiar with them than me. A number of his contributions, especially images, seem questionable. kmccoy (talk) 09:33, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Old
- Mikhail Alekseev from text of Great Soviet Encyclopedia and current paper edition of Encyclopedia Britannica. (<- dunno who posted this Wile E. Heresiarch 18:28, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC))
- The copyright of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia may well be expired. Can someone weigh in on Soviet copyrights? Wile E. Heresiarch 18:28, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Unlikely that the copyright of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia has expired. English translation was late 1960s. -- Jmabel 10:15, Sep 12, 2004 (UTC)
- The copyright of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia may well be expired. Can someone weigh in on Soviet copyrights? Wile E. Heresiarch 18:28, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Devon1.jpg some random porn star. Picture has, erm, "artistic merit", it is not explicit but probably a bit embrassasing if you're at work. Dunc_Harris|☺ 18:43, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- But is this necessarily a copyvio? (I know it looks like one, but you should have proof). If this is about prudence, you might want to list it on Wikipedia:Images for deletion, but I doubt it will be deleted for moral reasons. Besides, there are far more NSFW pictures on Wikipedia. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 02:10, Aug 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Anne-real.jpg Historical picture of Anne Frank, but the Anne Frank House aggressively claims copyright on all such pictures, as can be seen at [14]. --Shibboleth 02:56, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Image is taken from a U.S. source [15] and used here under the fair use doctrine. I don't like to take proactive action—this should stay unless a lawyer really complains and the Wikimedia foundation then decides to remove the picture. As an alternative, consider using nl:Afbeelding:Dagboek anne frank.jpg, scan of a book cover showing Anne Frank, from [16]. Lupo 09:08, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Under the request by Rigel who reported many copyright violated edits in ja.wp. Rigel left a message on my User talk:Aphaia and warn that the edits by User:rantaro and anonymous user User:61.22.157.95(ja) in the below are similar to the Jehovah's Wittnesses publish matter (tr. in Japanese) according to their content:
- Shwebomin from [23] -- Cyrius|✎ 21:57, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Original poster removed the copyright violation notice! -- Infrogmation 04:03, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- This whole group of articles and images is claimed on the talk pages to be used with authorization, but the authorization doesn't seem particularly official, so would require some follow-up. --Delirium 03:43, Sep 21, 2004 (UTC)
List of possible copyright problems
September 24
- Brazil for Christ Pentecostal Church - totally looks like it was lifted from somewhere else, but I couldn't prove it (thus I didn't put the message on the page). Can someone help me find where it came from? — Frecklefoot | Talk 18:07, Sep 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Seems unlikely a direct copy considering the odd mispelling of "nationalwide". Angela. 07:22, Oct 27, 2004 (UTC)
- It seems like it's been poorly translated from another source... very tough to call. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 20:41, Nov 15, 2004 (UTC)
October 30
- The Death of Klinghoffer from http://www.cabrillomusic.org/2004/a-adams.html and http://www.earbox.com/sub-html/comp-details/kling-de.html. Not the entire article is a copyvio, so please weed out the offending portions, and leave in the original work (on the temp page). Thanks. There may be other websites that the material was copied from- I just didn't find any others in my quick search. -[[User:Frazzydee|Frazzydee|✍]] 00:18, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
- Goblin Valley State Park - complicated as only parts seem copyvio--first sentence gets 3 hits, "Goblins of infinite design will greet you!" gets 2 hits, "Story of Goblin Valley" section directly from [25], several parts of Guidelines section are word for word matches with sites about other Utah state parks. Niteowlneils 20:12, 30 Oct 2004 (UTC)
November 11
- Sharon Lee from [26] --jpgordon{gab} 21:16, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Permission was gained from the subject (via her husband whose article I sourced from the same document): the pertinent email has been added to talk:Sharon Lee. The link cited was sourced from the same original material that I used. --Phil | Talk 09:16, Nov 12, 2004 (UTC)
November 12
- Edits by special:contributions/64.95.73.208
November 19
- Princess Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laanui from [28]. - Vague | Rant 01:56, Nov 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Original poster reverted copyvio noice and claims to be the copyright holder at Talk:Princess Theresa Owana Kaohelelani Laanui --rbrwr± 07:06, 19 Nov 2004 (UTC)
November 21
- Vedas (old edition) from [29]. From "There is hardly any Hindu" up to "Why this circumlocution?" - Vague | Rant 07:56, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
- 203.199.120.7 is a serial copyright violator. I have commented on his user page twice, and since I have noticed that in addition to violations I have found, BrokenSegue also removed Problems In Hinduism, a repost of Riddle In Hinduism, which I removed. - Vague | Rant 08:10, Nov 21, 2004 (UTC)
- List of "Shit happens" jokes from [30]; new material has been added since, but the copyright on the jokes individually and the collection of jokes is probably valid against the page still Mozzerati 22:11, 2004 Nov 21 (UTC)
- Tag removed. This page has no copyright for the jokes listed due to prior art.Mikkalai 23:11, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Prior art is for patents. What you need is a release from the copyright owner. The claim that it comes from an unknown usenet posting makes this even more unlikely. If it came from a known and linked to usenet posting then we could check directly who wrote it and what they said about copyright. I'm going to revert the removal of the tag (one time). Mozzerati
- Mikkalai has removed some contested jokes and removed the tag. At the same time a discussion has started on the village pump. If this reaches the end of the copyvio process without completion of the discussion it should be put into the long term problems section. Mozzerati 20:36, 2004 Nov 23 (UTC)
- Prior art is for patents. What you need is a release from the copyright owner. The claim that it comes from an unknown usenet posting makes this even more unlikely. If it came from a known and linked to usenet posting then we could check directly who wrote it and what they said about copyright. I'm going to revert the removal of the tag (one time). Mozzerati
- Tag removed. This page has no copyright for the jokes listed due to prior art.Mikkalai 23:11, 21 Nov 2004 (UTC)
November 24
- Uku Masing and Image:Uku.Masing.jpg from [31]. Would an Estonian government site be fair use by default? It's not documented, however, and there is no information on the part of the site that's in English. 68.81.231.127 13:38, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- As far as I know, nothing is fair use "by default"; every fair use has to be justified. Works of the U.S. federal government (and possibly some other governments) are public domain by default, but that's another matter. I don't know what the situation is with Estonia. --rbrwr± 13:26, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Well, I know I meant public domain, but apparently it didn't come out that way. :) 68.81.231.127 17:52, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- The Lost and Found Department presents more articles and images tagged as copyvios but not currently listed on this page... --rbrwr± 20:25, 24 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- Diane Duane from [32]
November 26
- In the absence of any reply from User:Esparkhu, it might be a good idea to take a look at all of their edits. See User_talk:Esparkhu for discussion. An example: Bloom syndrome and [33]. Note also Image:Autorecessive.jpg, and it might also be worth looking at the pages linking to that image, too. -- Karada 19:59, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
December 3
- Image:BostonGlobe-04ElectionIssues.gif - used without permission of the Boston Globe. -- Netoholic @ 08:55, 2004 Dec 3 (UTC)
- Automatic Picture Transmission from [34]. - Vague | Rant 10:18, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
- Universal virtual computer from [35] (PDF). Google's HTML conversion: [36]. - Vague | Rant 10:25, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
- Has been reverted and cut-and-pasted to Universal Virtual Computer; poster (User:Jrvanderhoeven) is apparently the author of the original material. See /Talk. He claims there is no copyright problem; however, the PDF says that permission must be gained from IBM Netherlands N.V. --rbrwr± 00:03, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- English grammar adverbs - section "The Position of Adverbs" is taken from [37]; sources for other sections not yet determined. --MarkSweep 10:41, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- La Raza Unida Party from [40] --MarkSweep 10:57, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 4
- Titus Pomponius Atticus from The Modern World Encyclopædia: Illustrated which, according to text in the article, will be out of copyright in 2005. There is a previous version to revert to; the offending material was merged from Titus Pomoponius Atticus. See also User talk:Muriel Gottrop and other places...
December 7
- FLUiD CMS 4.5 from [41]. [[User:Livajo|力伟|☺]] 16:53, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 9
- Nara Chandrababu Naidu from [42] Luigi30 02:29, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- No notice on page, and I don't see any text that's obviously taken from the supposed source...am I missing something? --rbrwr± 07:06, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Aha. Chandra Babu Naidu seems to be the copyvio in question, and it actually comes from another page on the same site. anyway, a redirect may be in order. --rbrwr± 12:03, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- No notice on page, and I don't see any text that's obviously taken from the supposed source...am I missing something? --rbrwr± 07:06, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Je Tsongkhapa from [43] Nat Krause 03:38, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Eau Claire City Council from [44] Brianjd 08:35, 2004 Dec 9 (UTC)
- These seem to be public records of a city government. Are they copyrightable? --Gene s 08:45, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- They are not under copyright, they are in the public domain Micah 23:18, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- The discussion at /Talk is quite interesting; it seems possible that (almost) all Wisconsin government documents are PD, in which case this should be recorded somewhere ([Wikipedia:Public domain resources]]?) to guide (a) future WP:CP cases and (b) provide Wikipedians with a source of PD materials. Having said that, wisconsin.gov has a copyright policy which implies that they do have copyright. --rbrwr± 17:30, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- After looking at the Wisconsin Copyright page, it says that "The fair use guidelines of the U.S. copyright statutes apply to all material on theWisconsin.gov and linked agency Webpages." Then it says "For copy or use of information on the State of Wisconsin website that is outside of the fair use provisions of copyright law, please seek permission from the individual listed as responsible for the page." Isn't Wikipedia using this for fair use? Micah 23:55, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- The discussion at /Talk is quite interesting; it seems possible that (almost) all Wisconsin government documents are PD, in which case this should be recorded somewhere ([Wikipedia:Public domain resources]]?) to guide (a) future WP:CP cases and (b) provide Wikipedians with a source of PD materials. Having said that, wisconsin.gov has a copyright policy which implies that they do have copyright. --rbrwr± 17:30, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington from [45]. - Vague | Rant 11:13, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)
- This was rewritten in /Temp mainly by User:Brianiii, and the rewrite was then cut-and-pasted over the copyvio by the original anon poster. Be careful to preserve appropriate history on this article... --rbrwr± 20:20, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Haig from [[46]] - Mailer Diablo 18:37, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- should either be a redirect to Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig or a disambig. --rbrwr± 20:47, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- also Haig/Temp, and terse permission claims at Talk:Haig, Talk:Haig/Temp. I've suggested that the poster should help out with Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig. --rbrwr± 11:32, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 10
- Speaker of Lok Sabha from [47]. Oddly, user seems to be well aware of Wikipedia, going so far as to include interwiki links. However, the titles of those pages were all in English. Shortly, I will check to see if they, too are copyvios. - Vague | Rant 02:47, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
- Odd. The articles did not exist on other Wikipedias. - Vague | Rant 02:49, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
- The original contributor restored the text, went on editing it and left a mesage on Talk saying it was government work and it didn't have a copyright statement on it. I have replied and put the copyvio biolerplate back. --rbrwr± 19:50, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- i changed the page to a stub. I have also emailed the webmaster of the site for clarification and permission to use content of the website. kaal 23:26, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Hihipuffy.JPG - questionable copyright. -- AllyUnion (talk) 10:50, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Akershus universitetssykehus from [48] -- Johnteslade 23:09, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- A claim of right to use in Talk:Akershus universitetssykehus -- Infrogmation 18:55, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 12
- Onhan from [49]. - Vague | Rant 02:21, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
- Barbara Lawton, from her own web site. <KF> 02:37, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
- Matchstick Men - I can't determine the original source for certain, as Google turns up about 500 hits. The original version of the article indicated that it may have been lifted from rottentomatoes.com. --Carnildo 10:15, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- It's the producers' blurb according to Talk:Matchstick Men. /Temp contains the same text. --rbrwr± 23:23, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I have had another trawl for lost & found copyvios. --rbrwr± 14:51, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Blood of the Fold from [50]
- Chandra Babu Naidu from [51]; see Nara Chandrababu Naidu, above,
- Flexner Report from [52]
- Horndean from [53]
- Hyborian Age from [54]
- Image:Chirac-official.jpg from [55]; I thought this had been dealt with, but the imagevio notice is still there.
- Image:PA-15 Vagabond.jpg from [56]
- Image:Rateatingplacenta.jpg from unknown, asserted to be PD by uploader; again, I thought this had been dealt with already.
- Image:Tambocor.jpg from [57]
- J.R. Worsley from [58]
- Lovcen from [59]; reposted at Lovcen/Temp; asserted to be PD (Montenegro government information) at Talk:Lovcen
- Sacred heart of jesus from [60]; redirect to Sacred Heart, I guess.
- Space studios from unknown; couldn't find it on Google or looking around spacestudios.org.uk, but it does read like a press release.
- Temple of the Winds from [61]
- The Six Million Dollar Man - part of #Trivia from [62]
- I have rewritten the trivia item in question at The Six Million Dollar Man/Temp. 23skidoo 03:46, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- So how long are we supposed to wait for the rewritten material from the temp to be reinstated into the main article? The copyvio was resolved weeks ago. 23skidoo 02:34, 27 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- USS Charles P. Cecil (DD-835) from [63]; /Temp is suspiciously similar
- Westmont College from [64]
- Transamerica corporation is also suspicious, but couldn't find online source (submitted by 12.202.21.116 who also submitted AEGON N.V.). Mrwojo 16:32, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Battle of Chattanooga I from [65] - Johnteslade 17:35, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Ravensymone.jpg has "www.raven-symone.org" all across it. —tregoweth 20:59, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)
- Islamic Democracy from [66]. [[User:Livajo|Ливай | ☺]] 23:06, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 14
- Kamal Nath �xfeff;--fvw* 22:58, 2004 Dec 14 (UTC)
- Anon poster at Talk: claims it's PD --rbrwr± 07:09, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Source site says "Contents published on this website have no legal sanctity and are for general reference only". Perhaps someone with some familiarity with India copyrights can tell us if that is a form of public domain or not? -- Infrogmation 20:37, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Anon poster at Talk: claims it's PD --rbrwr± 07:09, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 15
- Cagua (a volcano) from http://www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/Volcano/Volcanolist/cagua.htm - (seems to be a government site but says "all rights reserved".) Kappa 00:51, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Babuyan claro from [67] -- Graham ☺ | Talk 01:19, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Visiting card partially from [68]
- The problem seems to go back to the earliest revision of Business card. No copyvio notice on either page yet. --rbrwr± 07:23, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Korea University from [69]. - Vague | Rant 02:17, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
- L33t programming language from [70] — Asbestos | Talk 10:20, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Hi - I'm the author of both pages so copyright shouldn't be a problem. See what I wrote in the discussion page for l33t. Cheers, Stephen McGreal.
- LSE/OS from [71]. Thue | talk 11:10, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Oldman River from [72] Uses about two-thirds of text and nothing else. Rmhermen 23:18, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
- K is for Killer is taken from the author's website. [73] Cdc 23:45, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Same user seems to be going through the entire Grafton alphabet. :^) Several other cut-and-pastes from the same user and source. I don't have time to tag and bag them, however. Left polite word on the talk page, though. - Lucky 6.9 00:57, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 17
- Makati City (old version) from [74]. - Vague | Rant 12:14, Dec 17, 2004 (UTC)
December 18
- Michael Jones cut and paste from [75] Joyous
- Ultimate Iron Man from [76] - Lucky 6.9 02:01, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Trawniki from [77]. Said so right on the page. Easy ones rule. :^) - Lucky 6.9 02:25, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Fill power from [78]. OvenFresh 02:36, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- UK Subs from [79]. OvenFresh 02:44, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Thollem from [80] --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 04:47, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Editor claims permission has been granted. Dialogue in progress on talk page. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 17:09, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Tessie O'Shea from [81]] -- Infrogmation 06:50, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Julie Simone.jpg from [www.juliesimone.com]. Uploader claimed used with permission. An anon, after attempting to add this imagevio entry, contacted me on my talk page saying he (presumably same as uploader) was unable to obtain permission. SWAdair | Talk 10:09, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Chitrakoot from [82], [83], [84], and [85]. 68.81.231.127 10:42, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Mahoba from [86]. 68.81.231.127 11:18, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Cuty Boy from "GULF NEWS. The English Daily from Dubai" (couldn't find the actual source online, but the original poster included this in their copy&paste. They even copied the © symbol into the article) 63.201.94.49 11:30, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- brazilein rearranged from [87] Samw 14:36, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Some more pages from Category:Possible copyright violations that have been tagged with {{copyvio}} or {{imagevio}} but not listed here... --rbrwr± 15:25, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Battalions of Fear from "i'm positive i've seen this before"
- Blind Brook High School from [88]
- CKC from [89]
- Cocoa powder from [90]
- Einstein-Rosen Bridge from [91]
- Falcata from [92]
- Formication from The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary; Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company e.g. [93]
- Ilinden from [94]; anon poster claims to be original author at Talk:Ilinden
- Image:JUPPE.JPG from unknown - claimed to be an official publicity picture
- Kuttanad from [95]
- Logosofia from [96]
- Manny Coto from [97]
- Okoge from [98]
- One tin soldier from song lyrics
- Good cite: [99]. 68.81.231.127 23:37, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Parasite (comics) from [100]
- Rachel Yanait Ben-Zvi from [101]
- Red Cell from [102]
- Skiathos from [103]
- The F-Ups from [104]
- Tha Doggfather from [105] Rmhermen 15:46, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC)
- IEF from [106]. OvenFresh 17:45, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- William H. Ferris from [107]. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 18:00, Dec 18, 2004 (UTC)
- Blow Pops from [108] -- Cyrius|✎ 21:51, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Elbert N. Carvel from [109] --BesigedB 22:29, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Thomas Lee Judge from [110] --BesigedB 22:34, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Cangrande della scala, in Italian, from [111]. -- Cdc 22:47, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 19
- Cinch from [112] -- Cyrius|✎ 02:23, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Takhti from [113]. - Vague | Rant 04:08, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Orao1.jpg from [114] --Rlandmann 04:15, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Oraoj22.jpg from [115] -- Rlandmann 04:18, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- HK 69A1 and S&W Sigma 40E both from [116] --Rlandmann 04:24, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I did, in fact, have permission to use these articles. Please see the Sigma talk page for more information. Coolgamer 15:48, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
- BMAA from [117] Ergative 04:50, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Abraham David Christian from [118]. - Vague | Rant 05:49, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Verde Valley School from [119]. - Vague | Rant 07:43, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Sells Circus from [120] [[User:BrokenSegue|BrokenSegue]] 13:20, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Tougaloo College from [121]. snoyes 14:34, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Drug recalls from [122]. Unsure as to whether this should be classified as a copyvio as at the top it said "Taken from Drug-Warnings.com with permission". OvenFresh☺ 16:58, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
DrizaboneDruidston from [123] (Google Cache). OvenFresh☺ 17:02, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)- Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk from [124]. OvenFresh☺ 17:16, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Dynamic Feedback Protocol from [125] OvenFresh☺ 17:31, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- E-learning glossary from [126] OvenFresh☺ 17:39, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Thor: Son of Asgard from the Marvel catalog - --Pc13 18:09, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- SouthMUN from [127]. Niteowlneils 18:38, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi from [128] --Besserwissi 19:03, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Port watson from [129] (or [130]). [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 19:55, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Erode.gif from [131]. The map was modified, so I doubt that could be "fair use". Of course, IANAL. -- Paddu 20:15, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Also see Image:Newtn5.gif in #December 7 above that has stayed year for a lot more than 7 days along with many other images unopposed but still undeleted.-- Paddu 20:15, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)- Note that there is apparently permission for Image:TamilNaduDistricts.png, which is the unmodified map. -- Paddu 20:30, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Oops! BTW I meant "here" not "year". -- Paddu 20:52, 26 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Gordan Lindsay from [132] but its an *.edu adress, please check copyright status Lady Tenar 21:43, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Looks to be copyrighted. Evil Monkey → Talk 01:46, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
- Bobbie Jo Stinnett from [133]. The notice wasn't added by me, but I've created a temp page that could replace the copyvio one. Evil Monkey → Talk 22:06, Dec 19, 2004 (UTC)
- List of Charmed Good Beings, from [134]. Note that there is already a Temp page which also contains copyrighted text (from the last time the article was flagegd as a copyvio). I have placed the temp page on speedy -- Ferkelparade π 14:21, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- There's a bunch of others, created at the same time, some of which have been wikified: List of Charmed Evil Beings, List of Charmed Neutral Beings, List of Other Charmed Magical Information, List of Charmed Magical Spells, List of Charmed Powers. sjorford 16:25, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)
- List of Charmed Good Beings/Temp was speedied and then recreated
with the same copyvio material. --rbrwr± 10:30, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)... it has been paraphrased, maybe enough for our purposes; I can't find the same text anywhere with Google. --rbrwr± 09:14, 20 Dec 2004
December 20
- Delta State University from [135] -- Cyrius|✎ 01:37, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Castelar from [136], then click on história -- Jmabel | Talk 01:38, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
- Majastres from [137] -- Jmabel | Talk 01:52, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
- Spartan Marching Band from [138] -- Gentgeen 04:00, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- I have reverted to the pre-copyvio stub and left messages in appropriate places. --rbrwr± 09:25, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Empire State Plaza from [139] - Niteowlneils 04:04, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Green Island Bridge from [140] and [141]. Niteowlneils 04:31, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Eugene Borisovich Dynkin from [142] Dbenbenn 04:50, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Don't (song) from wherever the song was written down in the first place. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:19, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Fredika M Robertson from [143] -- Chris 73 Talk 06:50, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
- Lee C. Bollinger from [144] -- Chris 73 Talk 07:32, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
- Ramush Haradinaj from [145]. - Vague | Rant 11:10, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
- Ben Shneiderman �xfeff; --fvw* 11:20, 2004 Dec 20 (UTC)
- Still's disease from [146]. Lupo 11:49, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Easterhouse, from [147]. Website has no copyright notice though -- Ferkelparade π 17:01, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Isa. 53 from [148] Dave6 17:55, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Kevin Shields 1992.jpg from [149] where it clearly states, "Not available for 'royalty free' licensing". (Fair use cropping, possibly??) - Kbh3rd 18:15, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Hayes Valley from [150] whichhas this copyright notice. older≠wiser 19:07, Dec 20, 2004 (UTC)
- more from From 69.70.181.60:
- Alfred H.Smith Memorial Bridge from [151]
- Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge from [152]
- Bear Mountain Bridge from [153]
- Livingston Avenue Railroad Bridge from [154]
- Dunn Memorial Bridge from [155]
- thanks. --ChrisRuvolo 20:58, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Richard-parker.jpg from [156]; was used on deleted Richard Parker copyvio. --rbrwr± 22:09, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 21
- x y z affair -- even includes the copyright notice from Columbia! Maury 00:41, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Laver Bariu from [157]. It's in Albanian to boot. Dori | Talk 00:45, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- Straight razors from [158] --Joshk 02:08, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- The Ancient Track:The Complete Poetical Works of H.P. Lovecraft from [159]. RJFJR 00:57, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Larry Moneta from [160] -- Cyrius|✎ 00:58, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Aras River Dam from [161] --Pouya 01:10, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Abyaneh from [162] --Pouya 01:10, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Duncan Hines from [163] -- a fact I only noticed after I'd renamed the article from "Duncan hines". -- Hoary 02:34, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
- Giant armadillo from [164]. DCEdwards1966 02:46, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- Snow summit from [165]. Mikkalai 02:57, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Andy Lloyd from [166] Cdc 04:51, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Scimitar Assault Bomber from [167] --Txredcoat 04:53, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Castañeda de Nagera - from [168]. It's also the wrong title; should be at Pedro Castaneda or possibly Pedro de Castaneda --Szyslak 04:56, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Dhammavinaya - from [169] - Nat Krause 05:48, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Traceroute program includes copyright notice right at the top. this is just source code anyway, and would have been deleted on those grounds. clearly should simply be a redirect to traceroute. Michael Ward 06:32, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Well, it is an open source licence, albeit with a requirement to give credit in a form that we would find slightly inconvenient. I believe that UC doesn't enforce the "advertising clause" and has omitted it from more recent versions of the BSD licence. I am tempted to just redirect this to traceroute straight away. --rbrwr± 09:27, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- To clarify: The advertising clause was indeed rescinded. As such we could use this source code in Wikipedia provided we preserved the copyright notice in its entirety. Therefore this article is not, in itself, a copyright violation. It might become one if parts of the source code were merged into traceroute without the copyright notice. It remains on VfD. --rbrwr± 15:15, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- True, it's not technically a copyvio at present. It would be if someone edited the license text in the article. As all Wikipedia articles are supposed to be freely editable, is this compatible with the GFDL? Michael Ward 19:39, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Wikipedia:Copyrights#Fair use materials and special requirements says something interesting: "Wikipedia does use some text under licenses that are compatible with the GFDL but may require additional terms that we do not require for original Wikipedia text (such as including Invariant Sections, Front-Cover Texts, or Back-Cover Texts). When using these materials, you have to include those invariant sections verbatim." However, I can't find any clear policy on the use of such material. Hmmm... --rbrwr± 00:03, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- True, it's not technically a copyvio at present. It would be if someone edited the license text in the article. As all Wikipedia articles are supposed to be freely editable, is this compatible with the GFDL? Michael Ward 19:39, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- To clarify: The advertising clause was indeed rescinded. As such we could use this source code in Wikipedia provided we preserved the copyright notice in its entirety. Therefore this article is not, in itself, a copyright violation. It might become one if parts of the source code were merged into traceroute without the copyright notice. It remains on VfD. --rbrwr± 15:15, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Well, it is an open source licence, albeit with a requirement to give credit in a form that we would find slightly inconvenient. I believe that UC doesn't enforce the "advertising clause" and has omitted it from more recent versions of the BSD licence. I am tempted to just redirect this to traceroute straight away. --rbrwr± 09:27, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Kalonji is a direct copy of [170] In addition there is already a page on this plant at Black cumin. -- WormRunner | Talk 07:46, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Jag Panzer - I was halfway through wikifying, when I thought it seemed to follow an odd repetitive formatting. - found here, here and here (all same article). Just because everyone else is copying it about the place doesn't really mean we can, does it?--ZayZayEM 09:58, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- It's from their official website, natch. "All Rights Reserved 2005" (2005?) --rbrwr± 11:19, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Irish Linen, from [171] -- Ferkelparade π 11:05, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Anil's Ghost from [172] and other places. It appears to be publisher's standard blurb. 68.81.231.127 11:16, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- North American Porcupine from [173]. This is copyrighted material from University of Michigan Museum of Zoology. This was user 65.95.24.48. Like some other copyvios, it was marked for wikify, which is what I was starting to do when I discovered the problem. --Big_Iron 12:43, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Quentin Jammer, from [174] (article even includes the copyright notice) -- Ferkelparade π 14:07, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- John Hemming (politician) from [175] - Estel (talk) 14:31, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- 10broad36 from [176] - DCEdwards1966 14:46, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Kinnekulle-overview.jpg from [177]. Note about what appears to be their usage policy on image talk page. Kbh3rd 16:16, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Davidduke.jpg from [178]
- Image:Billgates1.jpg from [179]
- Image:Donblack.jpg from [180]
- All three uploaded by User:LoveOfFate. Claimed to be GFDL, but clearly are not. Fredrik | talk 16:41, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Masoud Behnoud from [181]. roozbeh 17:10, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- The Viletones from [182]. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 17:33, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Armed and Hammered from [183], same guy as The Viletones. User:192.197.178.2. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 17:38, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- OK for LSE/OS text to be published, we are the copyright holders. Vianney Rancurel, IONIS group.
- Fort Detroit from [184] Niteowlneils 19:23, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Co-enzyme q-10 much from [185]. Text also has numerous (C)2005 notices. Niteowlneils 19:29, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- looks like spam to me MartinBiely 23:54, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- Grevy's Zebra from [186] DCEdwards1966 19:44, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Taq01-large.jpg. From http://www.bemanifever.com/other/bios/taq.php - who, it seems, do not hold the copyright. The original source was a magazine (conversation via email) -- sannse (talk) 20:59, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Scrubs cast.jpg. From [187]. Could possibly be fair use but all it is a picture of the cast of the TV show Scrubs. Evil Monkey → Talk 21:10, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- James V Dexter, copyright of Central Colorado Magazine, the copyrights are even left in the article, an obvious copy-paste there. Solver 21:36, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Sherman Antitrust, from [188]. --David Iberri | Talk 22:01, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- Sherman Antitrust Act exists already --rbrwr± 22:59, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Stefan Lessard from [189] and [190]. -- Infrogmation 22:03, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Ica stones from [191] - Lucky 6.9 22:06, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Columbia Association �xfeff; --fvw* 22:57, 2004 Dec 21 (UTC)
- Wurm Online from this page --- MartinBiely 23:54, Dec 21, 2004 (UTC)
- (copied from the talk page for wurm online:) I (Markus Persson) am one of the co-founders of the wurm online project, and I've given the ok to use this text.
- On a more informal note, I think WikiPedia is a truly kick-ass project, and see no problem with any of the text we put up on our webpage being copied here. (Information is supposed to be free!) How would we best go about expressing that to speed up any further copyright snags like this? 213.204.185.17 22:00, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 22
- Mukarram_Jah from [192] Joyous 00:48, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
- Narakasura from [193]. -- Brona 02:47, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Klipspringer1.jpeg from [194] with the copyright notice cropped off. - Kbh3rd 03:13, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Bidhan Chandra Roy �xfeff; --fvw* 04:30, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
- Bismillah Khan �xfeff; --fvw* 04:33, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
- Govind Ballabh Pant �xfeff; --fvw* 04:34, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
- Patrick Steptoe �xfeff; --fvw* 04:40, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
- Purushottam Das Tandon (tagged by User:Rfl) �xfeff; --fvw* 04:40, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
- Image:KokoKitten.jpg from [195]. -- Kbh3rd 05:25, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- L. Michael Hall from [196]. Incidentally, our man is a practitioner of "NLP", the main page of whose website offers the following puff They say that experiencing Neuro-Semantics is like taking "the Red Pill." It's like waking up from the matrix of the frames of your mind which has had you all your life. It's like discovering how to run your own brain and to make your dreams come true for greater effectiveness, success, health, and happiness. Ulp! Another dodgy therapy attempting to gain legitimacy via Wikipedia? -- Hoary 08:47, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
- Roman Karmen, from [197]. 68.81.231.127 08:53, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Rize �xfeff; --fvw* 09:28, 2004 Dec 22 (UTC)
- Kimberly Solomon Fortier from [198]. - Vague | Rant 10:16, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
- ...which is itself apparently based around a copy of this pay-content story from the Indie. It can be redirected to Kimberly Fortier anyway. --rbrwr± 10:39, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Kavka's toxin puzzle from [199]. JamesMLane 10:24, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Mark Honeywell from [200]. - Vague | Rant 10:30, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
- Bonnie Dennison from http://www.filmbug.com/. Lvr 11:25, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Leeds Medical School from [201]. There is also an image: Image:Leedsmediacalschool.jpg. 68.81.231.127 12:47, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- St Paul's House and Image:Stpaulshouse.gif from [202]. 68.81.231.127 13:21, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Roundhay Park and Image:Roundhaypark.gif from [203]. 68.81.231.127 13:35, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Kuk_Sool_Won from [204] Johnteslade 14:36, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- FYI: the copyvio alluded to on Talk:Kuk Sool Won was from a different source, and was deleted on 12 December. This does not qualify as a repost. --rbrwr± 14:55, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Catherine Littlefield Greene from [205]. Joyous 15:43, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
- Aruna Asaf Ali copied from [206] by 24.225.129.138. Rafał Pocztarski 15:51, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Julie hasdeu copied from [207] by 193.231.234.201. Rafał Pocztarski 16:06, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Evo8.jpg, Image:Evo8_2.jpg, Image:Evo8_3.jpg and Image:Evo8_4.jpg. According to the uploader they are copyrighted images from ?a car hobbyist web forum? in a "member's cars" photo page?, presumably [208]. SamH 16:44, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Toy manufacturer copied from [209] by 200.141.216.19. Rafał Pocztarski 18:39, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Los angles class submarine (tagged by DJ Clayworth) copied from [210] by 204.60.98.174. Rafał Pocztarski 19:03, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- This article can just be deleted. There is already an article called Los Angeles class submarine. DCEdwards1966 19:12, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)
- All of the following, by User:Mjvinegrad, must be considered imagevios. I have discussed the issue with him/her at User talk:Tagishsimon#Leeds_Medical_School User talk:Mjvinegrad. --Tagishsimon (talk)
- Image:Romanabramovich.jpg (romanabramovich)
- Image:Leedsmediacalschool.jpg (leedsmedicalschool)
- Image:Stpaulshouse.gif (stpaulshouse)
- Image:Leedscornexchange.jpg (leedscornexchange)
- Image:Charltonleedsunited.JPG (charltonleedsunited)
- Image:Jackcharltonleeds2.JPG (jackcharltonleeds2)
- Image:Jackcharltonleeds.jpg (jackcharltonleeds)
- Image:Johnnygilesleeds.jpg (johhnygilesleeds)
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- Image:Morleyhighschool.jpg (morleyhighschool)
- Image:Leedstownhall.jpg (leedstownhall)
- Image:Morleytownhall.jpg
- Image:Photo_big_0093.jpg and Image:Nashville1.jpg by User:IntlBizMan. Kaldari 19:38, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:Nashville1.jpg was apparently taken from [211].
- Image:Nashville_Skyline_from_the_air.jpg and Image:Skyline_of_Memphis_from_above.jpg by User:Leonard23. Kaldari 19:49, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Anti-Slavery International is a copy of [212]. Rafał Pocztarski 20:15, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Reflections in a Golden Eye is a copy of [213]. by Anonymous 20:30, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Numerous things by TMC1982. He's been getting away with copyvio on a large scale for some time. Many articles have been reverted as they existed before he got his hands on them.
- Greg Gumbel from [214] (and a few bits and pieces from elsewhere) -- Cyrius|✎ 22:01, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Brent Musburger from [215], [216], and probably some other places too. -- Cyrius|✎ 22:09, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Lesley Visser from [217] -- Cyrius|✎ 22:17, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Dick Stockton from [218] (was previously a dinky substub) -- Cyrius|✎ 22:28, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Sean McDonough from [219] and probably others -- Cyrius|✎ 23:12, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Babes in Toyland (1986 movie) from [220] -- Cyrius|✎ 23:21, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Tweaknews from [221]. Article should probably be deleted. Edward 22:29, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Google from [222]. 198.161.109.160 (contribs) pasted the Google.com source code at the bottom of the article. (compare) --[[User:Alterego|Alterego☺]] 23:35, 22 Dec 2004 (UTC)
December 23
- Kitaro from [223] violet/riga (t) 13:04, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Perdido Key from [224] (listed on behalf of TheCustomOfLife -- Cyrius|✎
- Continuing my sweep of TMC1982's contributions:
- LaWanda Page from [225] -- Cyrius|✎ 00:13, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Francisco Cabrera from [226] -- Cyrius|✎ 01:20, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Bert McCracken �xfeff; --fvw* 03:48, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- Rambaldi �xfeff; --fvw* 04:02, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- Mary Lena Lewis Tate �xfeff; --fvw* 04:04, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- The Whitsun Weddings �xfeff; --fvw* 04:18, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- Stephanie A. Burns �xfeff; --fvw* 04:23, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- Immigration to canada from [227]. Niteowlneils 05:51, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- This has been moved to Immigration to Canada 1900 - 1999; there is no copyvio notice yet --rbrwr± 12:30, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Antisect from [228]. Mark1 06:31, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Deviated Instinct from [229] . Mark1 06:34, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Axegrinder from [230]. Mark1 06:36, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Antisystem unknown source, but same contributor as the previous 3, unformatted. Mark1 06:42, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Pandanus from [231] (word-to-word copy) Somebody in the WWW 07:12, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Sri Sathya Sai Baba, from [232]. --Slowking Man 07:13, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Feederism from [233]. - Vague | Rant 09:11, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Community Blog from [234]. - Vague | Rant 09:16, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Same text at Talk:Community Blog was marked for speedy but has now been replaced by a comment. --rbrwr± 12:37, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Latin League �xfeff; --fvw* 09:35, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- Alejandro Carrión from [235]. - Vague | Rant 09:51, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Takeji Tomita �xfeff; --fvw* 10:03, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- Eurasian Singaporean --Carnildo 10:28, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Jacques Lecoq, �xfeff; --fvw* 10:51, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- San Fernando City, Pampanga from [236]. - Vague | Rant 11:15, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Laboratoire d'étude du mouvement from [237]. - Vague | Rant 11:27, Dec 23, 2004 (UTC)
- Chi Phi an old article, uses text from [238] which i think is copyrighted. [[User:BrokenSegue|BrokenSegue]]
- K510 Testpage from [239] Dbenbenn 13:59, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- About IU South Bend from the same source. Dbenbenn 14:46, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Ivica Osim [[240] JFW | T@lk 14:16, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Glycolic acid from [241]. 68.81.231.127 16:44, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Seymour F. Norton, article claimed to be a newspaper clipping. --fvw* 19:27, 2004 Dec 23 (UTC)
- NYP SBM was listed on vfd about two weeks ago and has been sat on old for a bit, but is actually a copyvio from [242]. See Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/NYP SBM (now archived) for the vfd discussion. -- Graham ☺ | Talk 20:14, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum from [243] Cdc 21:11, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Repost of copyvio previously deleted from National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (with "&" rather than "and").
Speedy, I think.However, see Talk:Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, which suggests that a museum employee has posted here with permission. --rbrwr± 21:32, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Repost of copyvio previously deleted from National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (with "&" rather than "and").
- Oxazepam says is from oh bugger. Dunc|☺ 22:25, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Image:St. Botolph's Church, Shepshed, England.jpg from Church of engladn site. 23:30, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Another trawl through Category:Possible copyright violations (A-H)... --rbrwr± 23:55, 23 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- A Suitable Boy from [245]
- Antonio Guzmán Blanco from [246] (Columbia Encyc.)
- Aynsoft from [247]
- Barny Boatman from [248] I have reason to believe that the page in question was submitted by the subject himself. I'm not sure how this affects the submission's copyright status, so I will leave that to more knowledgable wikipedians. 16:45 Shanghai time 24 Dec 2004
- C-Rayz Walz from [249]
- Cheryl Studer from [250]
- Cowboy Zen from Tricycle magazine , archived at [251]
- Crazy/Beautiful from [252]
- Daniel Bouchard from [253]
- Delaware and Hudson Railroad from [254]
- Dr. Asghar Hameed from [255]. Same text, more or less, at Dr. Asghar Hameed/Temp. Talk:Dr. Asghar Hameed/Temp says "This is a summary of the page you mention not a copy of", and it's certainly cut down and has been rewritten in places.
- Feast of St. Stephen from [256]
- Glomar Challenger from [257]
- HMS Ravager (D70) from [258]
- The source seems to be based on the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, but there's a perfectly good /Temp, so we can go with that.
- Hazara Division from [259]
December 24
- Lara (kryptonian). Copied, at least in part, from [260]. Special:Contributions/24.238.191.208 might need to be checked too. Angela. 00:52, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
- ExPASy from [261]. - Vague | Rant 01:54, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Ensembl from [262]. - Vague | Rant 01:56, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Acnova from [263]. Couldn't find that sites copyright policy but nowehere does it say the content is released to the public or anything like that. BrokenSegue 02:25, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Thomas Bjorn from [264]. Adam Bishop 02:47, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- AX.25 protocol. - Ta bu shi da yu 02:50, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Actualism Art Movement from [265] BrokenSegue 03:18, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Realms of Chaos from [266]. - Jeremy Jones | I am the owner of this copyright and have authorized its usage in this website. Anyone who takes two seconds to look at the situation will see it's easily a misunderstanding. talk 03:33 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Robson Arms - from release, as posted on talk:Robson Arms. Radagast 03:52, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Rimrock is a dicdef directly from [267] - Lucky 6.9 04:49, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Sydney "Syd" Cole, Bridge Carson, Animus Megazord, Predazord, and Time Force Rangers all by 24.238.191.208 and copy and pasted from a variety of webpages. - SimonP 05:59, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Law of conservation of information from the abstract at [268]. --Korath会話 07:19, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Ideographic Rapporteur Group from [269] and [270]. I'm not sure what the Hong Kong government's copyright status is, but I figured I'd report it just to be safe. - Vague | Rant 08:35, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Aaron Allston from http://www.aaronallston.com/biograph.html --Carnildo 09:38, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Kerala Public Works Department from [271]. Copyright notice on the bottom left of the front page. - Vague | Rant 10:54, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
- RedLynx from [272]. - Vague | Rant 11:45, Dec 24, 2004 (UTC)
- Internet from a Sociological Point of View and Youth Protection --fvw* 12:03, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC)
- Ólafur Haukur Símonarson --fvw* 13:49, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC)
- Miniature Hereford --fvw* 13:51, 2004 Dec 24 (UTC)
- Alkaptonuria from [273] BrokenSegue 14:42, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Arthroscopic surgery from [274] BrokenSegue 14:50, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Millosh Gjergj Nikolla - BrokenSegue 14:57, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Pierre_Gemayel copied word to word from [275] Addoula 16:00, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Ch. Sir Zaffarullah Khan is a copy and paste from [276] --BesigedB 19:58, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- West arkeen is a minor rewording of [277] --BesigedB 21:27, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Eunichs is a copy of http://www.asianartmall.com/eunicharticle.htm. 172.166.101.23 21:45, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- JP_Morgan_Partners from [278] Johnteslade 21:46, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, copied from [279] --BesigedB 22:15, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Dogie, from [280]. --BesigedB 23:21, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Neutralitytalk forgot to list here)
- Alan Hollinghurst appears to be a copy of http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth48. I have not put the copyvio template in - I am not familiar with these procedures. -Willmcw 23:26, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Inserted the template for you. --BesigedB 23:43, 24 Dec 2004 (UTC) (Thanks-W.)
December 25
- George Ganchev from [281] —Etaoin 01:27, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Susan Rotroff includes several longer passages from [282] --MarkSweep 02:33, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Oromia copied from [283] and [284] BrokenSegue 05:18, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)- never thought to look at history, duh, I just reverted it. BrokenSegue
- C. R. Rao from [285] DCEdwards1966 06:12, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Babes-Bolyai University from [286] DCEdwards1966 06:13, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Pakhtunwali from [287]. - Vague | Rant 10:59, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Nikki Tyler from [288]. This may not be the original source, there are several. Be warned, the WP article contains nudity, and it's likely many of the source articles do, too. - Vague | Rant 11:08, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Kumaon culture from [289]. - Vague | Rant 11:37, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Ranikhet from [290]. - Vague | Rant 11:39, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Suchindrum from [291]. - Vague | Rant 12:28, Dec 25, 2004 (UTC)
- Seki Yukio Rholton 15:20, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Punjab Medical College from [292] - Mailer Diablo 15:48, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Bernhard Gal from [293] - Mailer Diablo 16:06, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
Moukden medical college from [294] - Mailer Diablo 15:47, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)</sMargaret ridley charlton from [295] - Mailer Diablo 16:14, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)Osler Library of the History of Medicine from [296] - Mailer Diablo 16:06, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)Medical library association of great britain and ireland from [297] - Mailer Diablo 16:18, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)- Permission has been given by the copyright holder via talkpage. Pages striked-out have been reverted and needs wikifcation. - Mailer Diablo 16:40, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
- Kukkiwon from [298]. Text from the same page was inserted onto Taekwondo as well (now reverted). —Korath会話 17:01, 25 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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