Talk:Hardcore History

Copyright Violation
I asked about this copyright violation at the helpdesk here: Help_desk/Archives/2023_July_15

However, no one responded to my question so I've followed the instructions at WP:CV and opened an investigation. For reference, I've copied my question from the help desk to this talk page:

TipsyElephant (talk) 01:04, 19 July 2023 (UTC)


 * From the copyright violation page, "copying material without the permission of the copyright holder from sources that are not public domain". And so, public domain is "creative materials that are not protected by intellectual property laws such as copyright, trademark, or patent laws." Episode descriptions do not qualify as copyrightable material. An example of this is that nearly every tv show article on wikipedia, where episode descriptions are straight copy pastes from the producers episode descriptions, are not flagged. They are not products or works of people that generate revenue. On the other hand, if you linked the episode directly then that would constitute copyright violation. In my opinion, please restore the page. 94.129.157.176 (talk) 05:29, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I've seen other editors disagree with that opinion. See Talk:The Alien Adventures of Finn Caspian. I'm going to let the investigation play out and see what happens. TipsyElephant (talk) 11:48, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Episode summaries do count as original texts, even if they are based on a (copyrightable) creative work. Similarities between descriptions on Wikipedia and outer webpages might be an indiciator of a Wikipedia fork (WP:FORK). A09 (talk) 14:49, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Removed and revision deleted. MER-C 17:59, 28 July 2023 (UTC)