User talk:Cmefilms

Copyright problems with Film Festival Code of Conduct
Hello. Concerning your contribution, Film Festival Code of Conduct, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.studentfilms.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3046029451/m/6440098326. As a copyright violation, Film Festival Code of Conduct appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Film Festival Code of Conduct has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message. If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License (CC-BY-SA) then you should do one of the following:


 * If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Film Festival Code of Conduct and send an email with the message to . See Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
 * If a note on the original website states that it is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license, leave a note at Talk:Film Festival Code of Conduct with a link to where we can find that note.
 * If you hold the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the CC-BY-SA and GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Film Festival Code of Conduct.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. While contributions are appreciated, Wikipedia must require all contributors to understand and comply with its copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright concerns very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. Thank you. De728631 (talk) 20:37, 25 May 2011 (UTC)

Copyright - it's complicated
You said

This page should not be speedy deleted because... I wrote the code of conduct and the I own the copywrite

Tyrone D Murphy

This sounds like a pretty solid reason, but let me see if I can convince you it is not.

If the article stand, then Wikipedia owns the copyright to the words. The organization could, insist that you are not allowed to post the words on any site such as this one without giving proper attribution to Wikipedia. Perhaps not a big deal, but you might find it odd to have to add proper licensing to your site.

Furthermore, anyone can edit the words, so you might decide to copy the latest version form Wikipedia, and find it doesn't match what you originally wrote. You have no standing to object.

Additionally, we allow anyone to register just about any user name. Anyone in the world could have registered the screen name "Cmefilms" and anyone could claim to be you. Surely you would be unhappy if some other person, claiming to be you, said it was OK to copy your words.

There are ways for people to ensure they are who they say they are, but we have specific procedures for that, and they are more complicated than simply making the claim.

See Donating copyrighted materials

So, while it may seem odd to delete an article using a copyright rule when those words are almost certainly yours, it is being done for your protection. You can give up the rights to your words, but we want you to do so understanding the consequences.-- SPhilbrick  T  22:56, 25 May 2011 (UTC)