Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2011 September 10

10 September 2011
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Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Joan Christensen - can't find the source, but a huge block of unwikified text that reads like a campaign bio was pasted all in one go by an IP. Thoughts? Remove presumptively is my inclination. Calliopejen1 (talk) 04:08, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * http://www.joanchristensen.com/AboutJoan.htm . Reverted. MER-C 13:34, 10 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Io as an X-ray source ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://wwwastro.msfc.nasa.gov/research/papers/IoIPT.pdf. Not immediately obvious, but most of the sentences in the article are paraphrases of sentences in the article. Eg: "The integrated ion energy flux at Io for hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), and sulfur (S) ions above 10 keV is ~5 times smaller than that at Europa for a slightly higher X-ray flux at Io, but the flux at Io is less well know" from the WP article, and "The integrated ion energy ﬂux at Europa for H, O, and S above 10 keV (Paranicas et al. 2002; Cooper et al. 2001) is �10^10 keV s�1 cm2. The energetic ion ﬂux at Io is �5 times smaller, but is less well known than for Europa." There may well be significant copyright issues with the authors' use of other sources in the same article. S Larctia (talk) 09:12, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Manchester Airport: I have ventured to put in a "fair use" image: File:Aa ringway terminal 1 being built.jpg. Please, is this use justified or allowable? Anthony Appleyard (talk) 11:23, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Transferred to WT:NFC. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:38, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * IBM Fellow ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.research.ibm.com/resources/awards_fellows.shtml. I have removed the text that is a potential copyvio. -- SchreyP (messages) 11:50, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * User mfc (talk) had the copyvio template removed. According to his page he is a retired IBM Fellow. I have reverted this action and left a message on his talk page. I have no means to check if he is related to user 129.34.20.23 (talk) who created the copyvio problem. -- SchreyP (messages) 21:10, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Update on IP 129.34.20.23: this is a static IP address of IBM Corporation. So we have a potential WP:COI problem too. I have added a shared IP address template and left a conflict of interest message on User_talk:129.34.20.23 page. -- SchreyP (messages) 21:54, 10 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Obviously, no permission has been provided yet. Thanks for your diligence with this! --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:41, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * List of attacks attributed to the LTTE ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://defence.lk/LTTE/atro.asp?id=1984 http://defence.lk/LTTE/atro.asp?id=1985 http://defence.lk/LTTE/atro.asp?id=1986 http://defence.lk/LTTE/atro.asp?id=1987 http://defence.lk/LTTE/atro.asp?id=1997 .  obi2canibe talk contr 13:46, 10 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 20:47, 24 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Jonathan Burton ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . Jerzy•t 22:18, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * from http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2000/09/21/national/main235154.shtml?source=search_story ; and i can't tell why the URL breaks the template.--Jerzy•t 22:18, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Jonathan Burton ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,55721,00.html. Jerzy•t 22:18, 10 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The CBS News quote has quote marks, attribution and a link, as does the Time quote. Both are fair use, but the Time quote could be reduced in size. Both quotes are given to show "conflicting reports" of the event as mentioned. Pepso2 (talk) 04:22, 11 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Checking word counts: The Time article is 873 words. The quote from this article is 241 words, which should constitute fair use. The purpose of the two quotes is to show that this event had conflicting reports. Therefore, it's necessary to quote several sentences in order to show how these reports differed. Pepso2 (talk) 18:18, 13 September 2011 (UTC)
 * The usual procedure would be to rewrite a long quote into one's own words. In this case, the focus is on the quotes because the purpose is to show the Rashomon aspect of this situation. Pepso2 (talk) 11:07, 20 September 2011 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Hi. I'm not sure where you've come up with that ratio for "fair use", but I'm afraid that it has no basis in United States law. :/ There is no word count that qualifies, and, in fact, in one notable court case 300 to 400 words out of a 500 page book were found to be infringement. That was an unusual incident, but it serves well to demonstrate that the ratio of fair to unfair, is not so easily determined. (About that, the US government itself says, "There are no legal rules permitting the use of a specific number of words, a certain number of musical notes, or percentage of a work. Whether a particular use qualifies as fair use depends on all the circumstances." In any event, extensive quotations are forbidden on Wikipedia, as we do not test the waters there. I've paraphrased the material. Not being familiar with the subject, I do not know if I've truncated them in the best way, but I've given it a shot. Please feel free to use a combination of limited quotation and paraphrase to better describe the situation. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 21:01, 24 September 2011 (UTC)