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I'm posting here to expand on my rationale for deleting that block quote.
Thus based on those principles, the text of the marker is subject to copyright protection.
That brings us to the possibility of fair use of the text. Simply put, any fair use has to be minimal. The block quotes quoted the entire text of the historical markers, from both sides. That is not minimal use and fails any fair use case.
Thus, for policy and legal reasons, the block quote needed to be removed. Imzadi 1979 → 04:41, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
The 2002 amendment added the language I referred to re the ability to copyright the text on historical markers. That language was repealed in 2018, so actually the text on markers is no longer copyrightable. Banks Irk ( talk) 21:19, 5 March 2023 (UTC)
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This article is written in American English, which has its own spelling conventions (color, defense, traveled) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus. |
I'm posting here to expand on my rationale for deleting that block quote.
Thus based on those principles, the text of the marker is subject to copyright protection.
That brings us to the possibility of fair use of the text. Simply put, any fair use has to be minimal. The block quotes quoted the entire text of the historical markers, from both sides. That is not minimal use and fails any fair use case.
Thus, for policy and legal reasons, the block quote needed to be removed. Imzadi 1979 → 04:41, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
The 2002 amendment added the language I referred to re the ability to copyright the text on historical markers. That language was repealed in 2018, so actually the text on markers is no longer copyrightable. Banks Irk ( talk) 21:19, 5 March 2023 (UTC)