Talk:Metropolitan Opera House (Iowa Falls, Iowa)

Copyright problem removed
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 * While the source is nps.gov, it is unclear as to whether the actual content is public domain by virtue of being a creation of the federal government or merely being hosted by them with permission. The site's disclaimer reads in part "Not all information on this website has been created or is owned by the NPS. If you wish to use any non-NPS material, you must seek permission directly from the owning (or holding) sources." Usually (but not always), applications to the National Register are created by private parties. In this case that unfortunately cannot be easily confirmed, as "The PDF file for this National Register record has not yet been digitized." The two images on the webpage, however, are clearly marked "Courtesy of the Iowa Falls Historic Preservation Commission", which is an indication that the text may also be the property of the historic preservation commision. As such, and pending further evidence to the contrary, the content should be considered copyrighted and material from it cannot be copied or closely paraphrased. VernoWhitney (talk) 17:42, 5 September 2012 (UTC)