User talk:24.149.190.104

Copyrighted texts
Hello 24.149.190.104. Please note that I've deleted two articles you contributed, The Restaraunt at the End of the Universe and The Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, because they are copyrighted. As described by our Copyright policy, we can only accept texts available under a GFDL-compatible license. Your contributions are very welcome despite this; feel free to review our help pages if you're interested. Thanks for your interest in our project. // Pathoschild (admin / talk) 01:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

How are they copyright if I found them on another website and simply copied it? If it is on another website wouldn't that mean it isn't copyright? If you want to take a look at the webpage, it is: flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book1.html If you want to see the 2nd or 3rd book or so-on, for example Restaurant at the End of the Universe or Mostly Harmless change book1 to book2, book3, book4, or book5 for example:

flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book2.html

flag.blackened.net/dinsdale/dna/book3.html

Book 1: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Book 2: Restaurant at the End of the Universe Book

3: Life, the Universe, and Everything Book

4: So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish Book

5: Mostly Harmless

The whole series is called Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

I found the website off google.com. I didn't mean to cause any trouble. Could you please explain to me if they are illegal or not, because I didn't see any "it's ok to do put this on your website" from the author (Douglas Adams). Also, if it is illegal and it is on google.com why doesn't the government or somebody take it off the web? Could you simply be wrong about it being copyright? I am not trying to accuse you. Once again, I did not mean to cause any trouble and simply did not know it was copyright.

Thank you for answering my questions hopefully in a considerable amount of time,

Brett


 * Hi Brett. Many websites do not pay much attention to what may legal to put on the internet.  Every book printed in the United States after 1923 is automatically assighed copyright.  In England everything is copyrighted until the author has been dead for 70 or more years.  However there are not any goverment agencies going around checking webstites for illegal content, so a lot of it is out there.  It really up to the copyright holder to sue anyone distributing their work.  This is why record labels are suing people who download songs from the internet.  Even though not everyone follows the law, we have policies to enforce that Wikisource will not host anything under copyright.  That is why Pathoschild deleted the books you put on.  If you have more questions let me know. --BirgitteSB 21:27, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I have no more questions. Thank you for answering mine.

Brett