Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2005 October 30

2005-10-30

 * Image:Lunginsewer.jpg ([ history] &middot; [ last edit]) from . Image page claims "Keith Kostman, no rights reserved" but neither the image page nor the source explains who Keith Kostman is (the photo itself is from a film by Mike Etoll). The source does not include a copyright statement, which is not the same thing as "no rights reserved." -- Gyrofrog (talk) 03:23, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually the edit history says "Keith Kostman. I took this photo during th sewerbaby shoot and reserve no rights to it. It is free to all..." This should be in the image page but shouldn't it also be verified some way? Left notes at uploader's talk page. -- Gyrofrog (talk) 03:34, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Uploader has since attributed two other websites as the source, in all cases claiming to be the creator/owner and that he is releasing image to public domain. But none of these sources say anything about copyright, licensing etc. (Personally, I think it's safe to assume that the uploader really is the creator/owner. FWIW.) -- Gyrofrog (talk) 00:23, 5 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Having already given the uploader the benefit of the doubt (see last comment), I am now compelled to report that subsequent requests for clarification have been met with confusion, consternation and/or contradiction. It does not help that one or more of the people involved in this are engaging in what can only be described as self-promotion and sockpuppetry ,,.  The effort they have put forth defending their actions here could instead have  been spent adding the necessary licensing info to one or both of the host websites (currently, one of them ultimately turns out to be a landscaping service). -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 21:22, 17 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Template:Chinese zodiac - the 12 articles stemming from this template all seem to contain copy-and-pasted text from various websites. Sorry but I wasn't sure what to do with these articles, they are a mess. Rampart 04:02, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The individual links, if they are suspected copyvios, need to be listed separately here. If all are deleted, then the template could be listed on WP:TFD. RedWolf 05:54, 7 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Sergei Ivanov ([ history] &middot; [ last edit]) translated from copyrighted source . IlyaHaykinson 18:54, 30 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I've looked at this, and from what I can figure out with a Babelfish translation, it appears that it was written in reference to the cited website, instead of being a direct translation. Second opinion from someone who actually speaks Russian? &mdash;Cryptic (talk) 13:27, 12 November 2005 (UTC)