Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2012 April 19

19 April 2012
SCV for 2012-04-19 [ Edit]

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Udayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.forests.tn.nic.in/WildBiodiversity/bs_ubs.html CCI: Marcus334. MER-C 12:36, 19 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Dpmuk (talk) 22:11, 4 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Bruce S. Allen ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . Copy paste. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting question.svg No source found; copy-paste tag removed and cv-unsure tag placed at article talk. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:18, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Andøya Rocket Range ([ history] · [ last edit]) from . Copy paste. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:37, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Khawlah bint Hakim ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.siddiqi.org/khawla/khawla_bint_alazwar.htm. Copy paste. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Out of date clock icon.svg|20px]] User was not notified, relisting under today's entry. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:53, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Uchunari coffee ([ history] · [ last edit]) with no source given. Copy paste. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://starplus.startv.in/characters.aspx?sid=26. Copy paste. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:55, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Hans-Peter Seidel ([ history] · [ last edit]) with no source given. Close paraphrase. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:09, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Agneya Singh ([ history] · [ last edit]) from http://www.agneyasingh.com/about.php. Close paraphrase. DpmukBOT (talk) 00:02, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:23, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * List of Prešeren laureates ([ history] · [ last edit]) from This list is a direct translation of the list published in Slovene language. The Slovenian copyright law proclaims official legislative, administrative, and judicial texts non-protected creations.(Slovenian Copyright Act, Article 9) I think that the list could qualify as an administrative text, because it is published by the Ministry of Culture and according to the Prešeren Award Act (general explanation) and the works by the Prešeren Fund have been included by the Archives of Slovenia among the material from the field of administration ("s področja uprave"). I'm not sure about its copyright status according to the American law. I'd like to get some additional opinions regarding the legal status of the translation and its copyright-related appropriateness for the inclusion into Wikipedia before I continue my work on it. Eleassar my talk 08:23, 19 April 2012 (UTC)
 * American copyright law is okay with it if the Slovenian copyright law is okay with it. However, I'm concerned about relying on a "could" here. :) But the bottom line is that a complete list of award recipients and the year they received the award should not be a copyright problem in the United States regardless of whether or not Slovenian law regards it as such. The danger would come in arranging it exactly as the original and in using the language from the original to describe the reason. The safest way to fix this and remain comfortably within at least our current understand of copyright in lists on Wikipedia would seem to be to rework it a bit, maybe something like this (choosing a few names at random):


 * I've fixed the table so you can sort by date, name or profession and tried to describe the rationale in my own words.


 * You could more easily eliminate concerns simply by removing the rationale and making sure that your structure is very mundane - for example, that you list the recipients alphabetically by year. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:00, 12 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Ok, thanks for this helpful comment. I'll rework the list based on your advice. --Eleassar my talk 18:39, 12 May 2012 (UTC)