Wikipedia:Copyright problems/2014 December 14

Copyright investigations (manual article tagging)

 * Maryland Department of General Services Police ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://mcp.maryland.gov/Pages/AboutUs.aspx. Listing on the assumption that state publications in Maryland are not necessarily PD (from my possibly incorrect reading of Copyright status of work by U.S. subnational governments). Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:34, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Maryland Capitol Police ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://mcp.maryland.gov/Pages/AboutUs.aspx (parts also apparently copied without attribution from Maryland Department of General Services Police). Same reasons, same editor as the above. The two pages are on the same topic, so if this is kept a merge will also be needed. Justlettersandnumbers (talk) 00:43, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Draft:Drifting Sun ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.driftingsun-music.com/the-story/. The editor creating the draft claims to be a member of the band, and asserts that ownership of the copyright but no formal release under an appropriate license has been given.  Listing here instead of speedy deletion to allow time for the OTRS process if the editor truly owns the copyright.Whpq (talk) 04:42, 14 December 2014 (UTC)*
 * NBC chimes ([ history] · [ last edit] · rewrite) from http://www.radioremembered.org/chimes.htm. This edit was made 8 years ago in a section called "Trivia". When the section in which this copyvio is in was made, the text was moved over to that section. Phil  roc My contribs 13:25, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you, User:Philroc. There's no doubt whatsoever that the content was copy-pasted at the time it was added -  - but I think at this point it's okay. I did find a small amount of lingering close paraphrasing in other sections, which I have removed. While it would have been better long ago for this to have been written from scratch, we don't usually delete content unless close paraphrasing or copy-pasting is still visible, unless the copyright holder sends in a request. If I've overlooked something, please let us know. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 16:46, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * At the bottom of the page the material was extracted from, it says, "All rights reserved under the International and Pan-American Copyright Convention. The material in this article, may not be copied or reproduced in any form, in whole or in part, without the express permission of the author. Notice I've bolded "in whole or in part,". Please take a look at this. Thank you. Phil  roc My contribs 17:01, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm aware of this, User:Philroc; I simply don't see any issues in the content now. I've removed all copied material I find. Do you see anything else? --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:03, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Oh. :) Thanks. Will take a look. Phil  roc My contribs 17:06, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks, User:Philroc. :) --Moonriddengirl (talk) 17:07, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Naw, there are no other vios. Phil  roc My contribs 17:19, 2 January 2015 (UTC)