User talk:Polish6

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You wrote on the talk page of the deleted article Steve Kauffman:


 * This page is biographical information that appears on a web page that may not be active, on the web site of a firm with which Steve Kauffman has terminated his business relationship. Regardless of when or where this (or any) biographical information was posted it remains the sole property of Mr. Steve Kauffman; he has agreed to have this page and other biographical information posted on wikipedia.


 * Signed, Susan Manners. County of Los Angeles / Jan 4, 2012. Former associate, friend of Mr. Steve Kauffman.

Let me clarify Wikipedia's position on copyrighted material. It doesn't matter if Mr Kauffman has an agreement with you or any other invidual to use the information on Wikipedia. If Wikipedia itself doesn't have permission, it can't be used. WP:OTRS must be contacted by Mr. Kauffman himself or someone who legally represents the web site where the material resides, expressly allowing this material to be used. The contact must allow for authentication, such as a contact from a domain name provably owned by Mr. Kaufmann or a legal representative. ~Amatulić (talk) 00:09, 5 January 2012 (UTC)