Wikisource:Copyright discussions/Archives/2008-05

The Survival
I put this online (PD in UK) thinking it was OK but it appears it might still to be coprighted in US. See alsocomments on my talk page.

John Cross 19:58, 20 March 2008 (UTC)


 * It's from Debits and Credits a work copyrighted in 1926 in the United States and renewed. See "Banquet Night" in the August 2007 WS:COPYVIO archive for details.  If you're so inclined, move it to http://www.wikilivres.info. ResScholar 06:20, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Copied, can be deleted. Yann 10:59, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Deleted--Birgitte SB  18:49, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Caught Short
This work by Eddie Cantor, who died in 1964, was published in 1929, but its copyright was renewed on 20 November 1956, making it copyright protected in the U.S. until 2024, and in Canada till 2014. This is unfortunate, because the contributor went to trouble of not only providing the text, but of wikifying it as well. Renewal ID R181214 ResScholar 06:17, 24 March 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. I've created Author:Eddie Cantor to keep a record of any copyright details. John Vandenberg (chat) 07:50, 24 March 2008 (UTC)

Deleted--Birgitte SB  02:29, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

On the Influence of Competition In Cotton Industry in France
This work is from Karl Marx, whose works are clearly in the public domain. However, the English translation included (by me) in our project is from the Marx/Engels Collected Works (MECW) project, a publishing collaboration by various publishers copyrighted by International Publishers and Lawrence and Wishart. The MECW is composed of various works and translations, which some may or may not be copyrighted. The source of this work, the Marxist Internet Archives, states that, quote: "The full text of Marx’s speech was first published in English in The General Council of the First International 1868-1870, Moscow, 1966." After I noted the situation, and since no other copyright info is provided, I believe the work should be deleted for unknown copyright status, unless definitive information is obtained. For more information, please read Author talk:Karl Marx. Thanks, Mtmelendez 12:26, 2 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Deleted Even though there was no discussion it is also and author request.--Birgitte SB  02:32, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Free Art license
According to the official site, the license text itself is released under a non-derivative-only license, which is incompatible with the GFDL (see Help:Licensing compatibility). — {admin} Pathoschild 07:28:14, 05 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per nom. Tarmstro99 15:19, 2 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Deleted--Birgitte SB  02:33, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

By the Waters of Babylon
Hello,

This short story was published in 1937 in The Saturday Evening Post as "The Place of the Gods". I found a record of renewals in Rutgers as ODAT: 23Jul37; B345514 DREG: Rachel Benet Lewis & Stephenie Benet Mahin ; 27Jan65; R354877. RREG: Thomas C. Benet, and also at Stanford. Yann 13:18, 5 April 2008 (UTC)


 * How did you know it was the same? 216.165.199.50 02:11, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Rachel Benet Lewis & Stephenie Benet Mahin both have the unmarried name "Benet", implying they are presumably his daughters. Sherurcij Collaboration of the Week: Author:Karl Marx 02:48, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I mean how did he know that the poem shared two names. I'm just asking out of curiosity, because I admire good detective work.  216.165.199.50 07:53, 7 April 2008 (UTC)
 * From the article on WP: By the Waters of Babylon. Yann 12:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete--Birgitte SB  02:37, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Ruth (novel) and North and South
Recent texts, no authorship, licence or publication info. Googling for the first sentence of one of the edit summaries leads to a web page of very dubious nature. Warning: these texts feature positively disgusting content. I'm in favour of requiring a warning boilerplate before such texts, should we ever have one meeting the inclusion guidelines.--GrafZahl (talk) 10:03, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not commenting on the copyviolative claim for now, but, I do not believe that Wikisource should be censored in any way - after all, most other projects under WMF control are not.  Anonymous Dissident  Talk 10:43, 26 May 2008 (UTC)


 * Delete. WS:COPY places the burden on the original contributor to provide information sufficient to ascertain the free-content status of a work, which was not done here. Tarmstro99 10:58, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete - yes, the nomination statement is sound, and the page should be removed.  Anonymous Dissident  Talk 11:00, 26 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Deleted, no authorship, licence or publication info. Yann 11:14, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Odes 3.9
No translator information, and the text is similar to this John Vandenberg (chat) 13:42, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete; fairly clear copyvio, copyright 2007. giggy (O) 03:09, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Delete per John.  Anonymous Dissident  Talk 13:48, 7 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Deleted Yann 08:36, 8 June 2008 (UTC)