Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2013 March 14

14 March 2013
SCV for 2013-03-14 [ Edit]

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Concentration cell ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from NASA site on corrosion. The article is almost word-for-word identical to the NASA site. BUT. 1) NASA is a US gov't agency and, as such, is not under copyright, no? 2) Thought there might be a slim chance that reverse copying was the case but although the apparent copying goes all the way back to the article's creation in 2006, the Wayback Machine has 2005 grab that shows that the NASA site still had it first. Lyncs (talk) 14:25, 14 March 2013 (UTC)
 * Per 17 U.S.C. &sect; 105 U.S. government works are not copyrighted, but according to http://www.usa.gov/copyright.shtml, &#8220;Not all information that appears on U.S. government websites is considered to be a U.S. government work.&#8221; For example, material written by government employees in the course of their official duties is not copyrighted, but material written by an independent contractor may (depending on the circumstances) be copyrighted by the government, or by the contractor.  If the Corrosion Technology Laboratory is run by a contractor, then either the government or it may own the copyright.  Bwrs (talk) 03:44, 21 March 2013 (UTC)
 * I think, pending evidence otherwise, we should be okay here. NASA: "NASA Web sites are not copyrighted". That's in the context of linking. It would be great if they explicitly disclaimed ownership of content in context of reuse, but the burden is on them to identify when that statement - "NASA Web sites are not copyrighted" - is untrue. Their Johnson Space Center web cite is more explicit: "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted." While I think we can retain this text until we are given reason to believe we can't, though, it is an issue under Plagiarism, which I'll correct. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:10, 4 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Robert Esche ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted from http://www.nyshshca.org/robertesche.htm. VWBot (talk) 00:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting support.svg Backwardscopy. Tag and explanation placed at talk page. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:34, 4 April 2013 (UTC)


 * Lascar War Memorial ([ history] · [ last edit]) Close paraphrase. VWBot (talk) 00:16, 15 March 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Tag removed by tagger after rewrite. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 12:35, 4 April 2013 (UTC)