Wikipedia:Rejected copyright examinations

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Here are requests that are placed at Requested copyright examinations by accident and should be elsewhere. Most common reason for a request ending up on this list is that the unclear content is already uploaded to wikipedia and/or placed in the target article. Most of these should probably go into Wikipedia:Copyright problems.

Image talk:Smallershop340by272.jpg - I believe this image is owned by Spillers Records, see See http://www.spillersrecords.co.uk/about_spillers/ This image is " © Copyright Spillers Records 2007 ". Seth Whales (talk) 14:58, 5 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Amber Rose (porn star) - Can we get image(s) to the article from an old promotional gallery which is no longer online? --Easyas12c 16:01, 27 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Nine bows - It looks like quite a lot of this article originates from the page [1]. Markh 22:31, 6 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Angela Kinsey This article appears to be heavily plagiarized from [2] --EXV // + @ 02:02, 30 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Joe Frank - The Joe Frank entry has contents that are significantly similar to http://www.joefrank.com/joebio.html My search of the Internet Archive seems to indicate that Wikipedia's content predates the content on the site. I'd like someone else to look into it and see if my conclusion is valid. --GargoyleMT 14:08, 27 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Storm on the Island (poem) According to the editor that created the article, it appears that the entire article is plagiarized from the poem itself. Anthony Rupert 16:34, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Patrick White appears to be using a non-free book cover to illustrate the subject of the article. I was under the impression that non-free book covers could be used to illustrate the book itself, but not the person who happens to be illustrated on the cover, if you know what I mean. Hesperian 07:24, 18 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:List of U.S. state license plates AFD indicates there's a problem with copyrights, I'm not sure whether there is or isn't. FrozenPurpleCube 17:39, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Image talk:Rose Bowl.JPG image - Go to maps.google.com and put in Rose Bowl. Select satellite and zoom in to the second closest magnification. The picture here, Rose Bowl.JPG was certainly a derivative work from the Google image. The copyright does not belong to the United States. (The examination was listed on the main page by User:Group29)

Talk:Gremlins 2: The New Batch - User:Lexein claims that a major part of the (featured!) article is a quote from the film's DVD commentary. - Mike Rosoft 08:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

User_Talk:Looper5920#Copyright_examination_request:_B-2_Spirit_Darwin Photograph may be incorrectly attributed to user Looper5920. See [3] [4] --Kohai 12:34, 25 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Portland, Oregon#Sports, under Basketball somebody has added an image of the Portland Trailblazers logo which is copyrighted but fair use. It appears to be related to mentioning the existence of the team in Portland, but I've only seen logos used in a more directly related article. Does this use qualify as fair use? —EncMstr 05:45, 1 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:The World Is Flat List of flatteners lifts quotes directly from the book, criticism directly from reviews: see: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/15/RVGHLCL11V1.DTL&type=books

(Filed 03:08, 29 December 2006 by Dresdnhope)

Talk:Trinity Alps Giant Salamander - Some of the text for the article is identical to that on another web site (see talk for more info). I'm unsure of which way copying went, or if both came from a common source. --Superluser 23:05, 28 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Hypertrophy-specific Training - This entire article has been copied from an outside webpage. See its talk page for link.

The_Berzerker - Much of the biography listed there is lifted from the the official website of the band's record label (see the talk page for the link). I've rewritten the first paragraph, but the rest needs work. Dkostic 18:44, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Christine Smith (adult model) - The dispute is about a copyrighted picture of a person. A request to see whether fair use is applicable. Andjam 01:02, 29 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

See Me Running - I didn't add this, so I've no idea what the issue is, but I just found the article with the template in it and saw there was no entry for it here. JulesH 08:39, 21 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Chugworth Academy - Either the webcomic's Chuggypedia copied Wikipedia and added some additional info to not make it look like a copyright violation, or someone took Chuggypedia's stuff and redited it for use on Wikipedia and did a copyright violation. Which one is it? --293.xx.xxx.xx 08:15, 11 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:William Henry Rhodes - reads like a copyvio. Two paragraphs I deleted from the introduction were a direct lift from a Project Gutenberg text. The rest may be copied from one of the paper-and-ink resources listed as references. Please check. Durova 03:36, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Luis Royo#Copyright violation? - this article has been copied from angeltear.an.funpic.de (see talk page for URL) which seems to be a translation of a text from www.luisroyo.com

Talk:Appia - This article seems to be copied from some source. Maybe someone could take a look at it. --Mecanismo | Talk 12:47, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Rotala_rotundifolia - Image and page contect were copied from http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/forumapc/plantfinder/details.php?id=39&category=genus&spec=Rotala without permission.

Image talk:Ncurve2.gif. This image is from a study conducted for a school. There is no author and I haven't been able to contact anyone at the school. I would think, as a project for a public school, it would be public and free to use. The webpage is included with the image information. Chris53516 13:23, 8 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I left a note on on User_talk:Aliud regarding Perceptual transparency and Filling-in which were copied from a University paper the author submitted. - CrazyRussian talk/email 15:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Moscow - There is some discussion over whether Image:Srv2.jpg, a picture of the North River Terminal, is allowed in the Moscow article. -- tariqabjotu (joturner) 16:07, 23 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Gurdwara Nanak Mata Sahib Looking at the only reference site it is clear that most of the history section is plagiarized. Dizzydog11235 22:39, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image talk:Bestiarii (EUR Museum).jpg correct tagging and analysis needed, see that talk page for info. FT2 ^{(Talk | email)} 21:46, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Parliamentarian of the United States Senate - The whole article other than the last line is copied from an article that is linked directly from the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.82.192.204 (talk • contribs)

Please use the procedure described in Wikipedia:copyright problems to report the copyvio there. Thanks, --MCB 04:34, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Baba_Fakruddin Article is picked up almost verbatim from the links at the bottom of the page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by GeorgeLouis (talk • contribs)

Please use the procedure described in Wikipedia:copyright problems to report the copyvio there. Thanks, --MCB 04:30, 10 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Galaxy_(Australian_TV) - The entire history section of this article seems to be a cut and paste from an Australian news paper. --Lodders 02:36, 14 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Image talk:Bulgaria-(893-927)-TsarSimeon-byTodorBozhinov.png - wondering if it's copyright infringement because it looks like a picture taken off of the Encarta Encyclopedia. CrnaGora (Talk | Contribs | E-mail)

Cat-eye syndrome (history · last edit). Don't know the source (no original provided), but the original poster claims "This is an abstract of a report from the National Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc. ® (NORD)." Can someone with access to any such publications confirm the copyright status of the article? Thanks, Ryan McDaniel 23:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

List of billionaires (2005) and by extension all articles based on Forbes' list. Is Forbes' work a compilation of raw data or is it actually creative? -- Rune Welsh | ταλκ | Esperanza 14:50, 29 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Lazy Sunday - Inclusion of entire lyrics/telescript of SNL sketch. I don't think it's fair use. EdwinHJ | Talk 05:28, 28 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image talk:Wto leungkwokhung.jpg. This TV screenshot appears to fall outside fair use provisions, but I'm not well enough informed to make the call. User:Omphaloscope 18:54, 17 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Polyols A little disagreement between me (who thinks most of the page copies [5] and [6]) and User:V8rik (who thinks it has been rewritten). --Henrygb 00:10, 12 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Sergei Ivanov. One of the wikipedians accuses me of violating copyrights in this article. I told him that the text of the article is my personal translation of the Russian original text at www.compromat.ru (you will see the link at the bottom of the page). Personal translations do not represent a violation of copyrights, am I right? Please, advise. KNewman 14:28, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]
- Yes, they do, because your text is a derivative of the original text. Since you wrote the translation, you also hold some rights, but they do not replace the rights of the original author. You need to actually rewrite the text if you want to stay in the clear. Schutz 16:18, 31 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Cheeseburger Image is most likely under copyright of Wendy's International, Inc. -Dsutton 13:26, 2 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Kuma\War. 86.132.35.147 constantly replaces this version with this one copied completely from the official site of the game. While he says that he "hardly think[s] [the developers] would mind", I insist on the contents' deletions for advertisement and possible copyright violation. Please have a look at the case.NightBeAsT 13:44, 9 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image talk:Milaria Scotia Regium 1595.jpg Written permission must be obtained in advance to reproduce any digital material from the Library's collections, whether in hard copy or electronic forms. Also see comments at [7] where uplaoder claims to have obtained permission as non-commercial -- (☺drini♫|☎) 23:48, 31 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image was delted for CP, but was reuploaded again. -- (☺drini♫|☎) 03:54, 8 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:History of Shelvock Manor see this talk page discussion of the problem whether a collection of non-copyrighted excerpts is copyrighted. RJFJR 03:46, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Virgil's tomb I believe some of the text in the article may have been copied from another site. However, other parts of the article don't appear to have been copied - or rather, I can't find them with Google. --Finbarr Saunders 20:18, 1 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Qom Province "History" in this article might be copy vio from [8].Kotoito 15:04, 28 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Image talk:Somersetarms.png - pretty sure the image is fair use (hand-drawn Coat of Arms of an English county), but would like it confirmed. I've put the details on the image talk page since it would appear on a template used by a number of pages. Grutness...wha? 01:47, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

These bear the template, but weren't listed here. Bovlb 04:27:46, 2005-07-29 (UTC)
- Talk:William Packard

Talk:Love Sculpture - The current Wikipedia entry is a copy of the Love Sculpture entry on the Allmusic.com website.
- I rewrote this article to avoid copyvio, is it up to scratch now? Jdcooper 15:21, 14 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

diff - I modified this to try to clear the copyright of website. Did I succeed? RJFJR 14:52, Jun 26, 2005 (UTC)

Talk:Michelle Kwan There are several copyrighted photos already linked to this page that may be in violation of Wikipedia's policy. Can a copyright guru look into this? Dr.frog 23:49, 28 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Derwin Brown I believe the image on this page is fair usable but I'm not sure. If someone would look into this I'd appreciate it. The Hokkaido Crow 22:43, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Talk:Sidney Dorsey I believe the image on this page is fair usable but I'm not sure. If someone would look into this I'd appreciate it. The Hokkaido Crow 22:43, 4 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]