Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2010 May 5

5 May 2010
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 * George Burton Hunter ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.seaham.i12.com/myers/hunter.htm. Permission probable. Article was once speedily deleted as a copyvio, but restored when the contributor declared ownership. However, I can't find any record of confirmation. Moonriddengirl (talk) 11:52, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Please note that the contributor seems to be declining to verify at his talk page. Not sure why. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 19:54, 12 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Lee Roy Abernathy ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.sghistory.com/index.php?n=L.Lee_Roy_Abernathy?action=diff. Whpq (talk) 13:58, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Haiku Bootstrap Architecture ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://synrc.com/haiku/haiku-bootstrap.htm CC-BY-NC license not approved for use by Wikipedia. GregJackP (talk) 14:14, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Mahmoud_Mohamed_Taha appeares to be mostly a copy and paste from http://www.alfikra.org/index_e.php Off2riorob (talk) 16:16, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * John Gorham (military officer) ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=1376&&PHPSESSID=ychzfqkvzape. Site's copyright page for future reference. VernoWhitney (talk) 19:05, 5 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Copied text revised and/or deleted. — Cactus Writer |   needles  04:05, 14 May 2010 (UTC)


 * 12 Stones is identical to http://www.pandora.com/music/artist/12+stones. Content was added by an anon, and I believe that was a direct copy.  The thing is, if you go a few months earlier, you find this version, which shares some exact wording with the All Music Guide article, but was apparently developed over time on Wikipedia. I think what happened is that All Music Guide plagiarized some wording from Wikipedia, then Wikipedia accidentally erased our content, and later someone copied from All Music Guide back to Wikipedia.  Circular copyright violation?  If All Music Guide really did rip us off, their article would have to be GFL licensed, and we can borrow it back.  Right?  Any copyright lawyers in the house? Isomorphic (talk) 01:38, 6 May 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ Yes, it is a bit complicated. The AllMusicGuide bio was clearly written after the release of the Anthem in August 2007 -- and the author borrowed a phrase or two from the Wikipedia article at that time. But nothing that was such a tremendous copyright infringement. It was in August 2007 that the AllMusicGuide bio was then inserted as a reference for the Wikipedia article and direct additions of that text started to appear in the Wikipedia article. Because that was the start of the copyright violation, I have removed the copypaste and restored the text originally used prior to August 2007. Any further additions will need to be written from scratch with original language. — Cactus Writer |   needles  05:24, 14 May 2010 (UTC)