User talk:Otto Hoffman

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Speedy deletion nomination of Inquiry into Multiculturalism in Australia


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Contested deletion (copy from deleted talk page)
This page should not be speedy deleted as an unambiguous copyright infringement, because... the text comes from material in pdf files that is not subject to copyright. The point of putting the material into html format is to make it more easily accessible to people. The material comes from submissions made in a public government inquiry --Otto Hoffman (talk) 14:02, 6 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Having a file in PDF does not exclude it from copyright. As for the http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/mig/multiculturalism/subs.htm page - you will have to take that up with the Australian Government - there's a clear © Commonwealth of Australia at the bottom of that page - because of that action I would suspect the only way to have the data is to get a release with an OTRS ticket - see WP:DCM.  Ron h jones (Talk) 15:53, 6 November 2011 (UTC)