Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2013 May 13

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * List of The L.A. Complex characters ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/thelacomplex/. Note: I left a hidden note in the article giving further information. Tb hotch .™ Grammatically incorrect? Correct it!  See terms and conditions.  04:12, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. My technique in these cases is to look at the history of the article and see if as content evolved it became more or less like the external source. If it becomes more like, then, obviously, the odds are higher of reverse infringement. Unfortunately, in this case the content clearly evolves away. Revdeleted. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:50, 12 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Min Yeong-hwan ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) In the section "Last Written Testament of Min Yeong-hwan to the Korean People", there is a quote of a text which the subject of the article wrote. The problem is that he obviously wrote the text in Korean, but here we have a text in English, so someone must have translated the text. There is a footnote which links to a book by Michael Finch, and I suspect that the translation has been copied from that book, in violation of Finch's copyright to the translation.The article consistently uses the Revised Romanisation transcription system ("Min Yeong-hwan"), with the exception of this section, which uses the McCune-Reischauer transcription system ("Min Yǒng-hwan"). Some of the other references to Finch's works indicate that Finch has translated other works by Min, supporting the theory that this section is a copyright violation of a translation by Finch. The original Korean text is in the public domain because of age, but the translation is not. --Stefan2 (talk) 18:19, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. Removed pending production of free translation or addition of transformative content. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 13:54, 12 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Blue Whale of Catoosa ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/US/OK/CatoosaBlueWhale.html Architecture of the Blue Whale. Is a blatant copy-and-paste of the text from this page. 98.208.214.235 (talk) 20:57, 13 May 2013 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Pictogram voting support.svg|20px]] No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. This content does not seem substantially similar to the source, other than the superficial similarities one gets when describing the same thing. Removed tag, with a request for more detail if it is retagged. --Moonriddengirl (talk) 14:01, 12 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Council of Rimini ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted from http://orthodoxwiki.org/Council_of_Rimini. VWBot (talk) 00:20, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting support.svg Backwardscopy. Tag and explanation placed at talk page. -- SPhilbrick  (Talk)  17:26, 6 August 2013 (UTC)


 * Sacramento Public Library ([ history] · [ last edit]) Copied and pasted from http://www.saclibrary.org/About-Us/. VWBot (talk) 00:20, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * [[Image:Pictogram voting delete.svg|20px]] Article deleted due to copyright concerns. -- SPhilbrick  (Talk)  17:37, 6 August 2013 (UTC) (Original deleted, a new version has been created)


 * Lee Bracegirdle ([ history] · [ last edit]) Close paraphrase of http://maestro.idx.com.au/Lee2.htm. VWBot (talk) 00:20, 14 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Pictogram voting keep.svg Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. -- SPhilbrick  (Talk)  17:57, 6 August 2013 (UTC)