Wikipedia:Rejected copyright examinations

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.

  • 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]
  • 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)

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

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