No copyright concern. False positive.
NortyNort(Holla) 03:34, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply
No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. Not a false positive; attributed split.
VernoWhitney (
talk) 18:21, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply
The 'Wayback machine' indicates significant content was on that URL in 2009
[1] and this page was created September 2010
[2]. Tagged, because I am not certain for now of the %age, and if there is any content salvagable. Chzz ► 05:26, 15 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Most of the text in the article was copied/pasted from the organization's site. I cleaned it and stubified the article. Copyvio tag still present until closed.--
NortyNort(Holla) 02:26, 23 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 15:34, 24 April 2011 (UTC)reply
No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. --
NortyNort(Holla) 02:50, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply Doesn't look like a copyvio. Text in original article version was copied/pasted from the
Catholic Encyclopedia1 which was published in the U.S. prior to 1923 and PD. --
NortyNort(Holla) 02:46, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Looks like a mirror. A search for the text hits in known and attributed mirrors. The two websites I was unsure of,
here (Jan 2011) and
here (Sep 2010) both published the text after it originated in the article.--
NortyNort(Holla) 02:01, 23 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: This is also listed at 16 April 2011.--
NortyNort(Holla) 03:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)reply
N Concur that this is backwards copying. Content in the article prior to an early correction is not present in any other page. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 15:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Y It's pretty vague: "Most of the public record posted on Commonwealth Websites can be copied and used for any purpose. For example, all judicial opinions and all laws and regulations are public record. However, some of the public record posted on the Commonwealth's Web sites is also copyrighted material (for example, regulations based on technical codes developed and copyrighted by private organizations). With respect to material copyrighted by the Commonwealth, including the design, layout, and other features of Mass.Gov, the Commonwealth forbids any copying or use other than "fair use" under the Copyright Act." So, the Commonwealth can copyright content and only specifically excludes "judicial opinions and all laws and regulations"--which are already excluded by US copyright law. I'm not sure we can safely conclude much of anything is PD based on that release. :/ In any event, the current version is clear. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 15:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)reply
No copyright concern. False positive.
NortyNort(Holla) 03:34, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply
No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. Not a false positive; attributed split.
VernoWhitney (
talk) 18:21, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply
The 'Wayback machine' indicates significant content was on that URL in 2009
[1] and this page was created September 2010
[2]. Tagged, because I am not certain for now of the %age, and if there is any content salvagable. Chzz ► 05:26, 15 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Most of the text in the article was copied/pasted from the organization's site. I cleaned it and stubified the article. Copyvio tag still present until closed.--
NortyNort(Holla) 02:26, 23 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Article cleaned by investigator or others. No remaining infringement. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 15:34, 24 April 2011 (UTC)reply
No copyright concern. Material PD or appropriately licensed for use. --
NortyNort(Holla) 02:50, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply Doesn't look like a copyvio. Text in original article version was copied/pasted from the
Catholic Encyclopedia1 which was published in the U.S. prior to 1923 and PD. --
NortyNort(Holla) 02:46, 16 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Looks like a mirror. A search for the text hits in known and attributed mirrors. The two websites I was unsure of,
here (Jan 2011) and
here (Sep 2010) both published the text after it originated in the article.--
NortyNort(Holla) 02:01, 23 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Note: This is also listed at 16 April 2011.--
NortyNort(Holla) 03:37, 23 April 2011 (UTC)reply
N Concur that this is backwards copying. Content in the article prior to an early correction is not present in any other page. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 15:47, 24 April 2011 (UTC)reply
Y It's pretty vague: "Most of the public record posted on Commonwealth Websites can be copied and used for any purpose. For example, all judicial opinions and all laws and regulations are public record. However, some of the public record posted on the Commonwealth's Web sites is also copyrighted material (for example, regulations based on technical codes developed and copyrighted by private organizations). With respect to material copyrighted by the Commonwealth, including the design, layout, and other features of Mass.Gov, the Commonwealth forbids any copying or use other than "fair use" under the Copyright Act." So, the Commonwealth can copyright content and only specifically excludes "judicial opinions and all laws and regulations"--which are already excluded by US copyright law. I'm not sure we can safely conclude much of anything is PD based on that release. :/ In any event, the current version is clear. --
Moonriddengirl(talk) 15:50, 24 April 2011 (UTC)reply