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Finding copyright violations

I've recently started patrolling new pages again since NPP has a very large backlog and I regularly find article that set off my alarm for a possible copyright violation. I have my own ways of checking an article for violation but I'm curious to see how others check articles for violation.

When checking for violations, I basically just copy parts of the text and search for that text using Google. If a website seems to share a large portion of that text, I check to make sure that it's not a false positive (Google just searches for each word and can sometimes show a page that shares those words in a different order). I then check that website's copyright claim to make sure that the content is or isn't shared in a way that's compatible with WP's license. How do you search for copyright violations? I'm interested in improving my methods and I'm sure there are many of you whom have methods that might be beneficial to others. OlYeller21^Talktome 05:59, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

In addition to the one you described above, I check the cited sources, any official websites and, if the red flags are strong, google books. There are plagiarism detecting programs that scan for you - for instance, Earwig's detector - that can be helpful. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 13:01, 31 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! This will definitely help me in the future. OlYeller21^Talktome 22:29, 6 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I do the same, googling parts of the text, but one more step (if I find the same text on a website) is finding out who was first: Wikipedia or the site. And that is not always easy to find out. Lova Falk talk 06:42, 12 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Interpublic Group of Companies

I tagged Interpublic Group of Companies with {{copypaste}} (see Interpublic Group of Companies § Copyvio). While there were clearly some sites that had cribbed from WP, others looked like they had not, and might have been the original sources, possibly from IPG-provided PR material. Do I need to do anything else, or will this come to the attention of those who patrol for these things? —[AlanM1(talk)]— 17:50, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

User removing copyvio tags, alleges own content

Hello. A user, Nasirir has been deleting copyvio tags on several articles, namely Abe Garm Larijan, Malek Bahman Castle‎, and Mir Bozorg Tomb. I replaced the tags and warned the user; however, he left a message on my talk page asserting he was the site owner of the site with the material in question. I don't know how to handle this, but thought I should mention it here. Since he reverted the tags again, I haven't redeleted them, although I believe someone else has, as of now. Thanks. Deadbeef (talk) 22:15, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I've deleted the articles entirely. This is a clear sockpuppet of serial copyright infringer User:پارسا آملی. He recreated some of the same articles with exactly the same text, including previously published warning templates. He's been told over and over again how to submit permission, and he never does. There's also a clear difference in his use of English as evidenced at your talk page and as used in those articles. If he is the author of that content, as he asserts, his English has really degraded. Thank you very much for following up on this! --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 23:10, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Suspected copyvio image on Commons

The image commons:file:Picture_468.jpg might be lifted from an external site, a TinEye search shows several external hits, including http://www.medlibrary.org/medwiki/Veterinarian. However, the commons uploader marked it as self/ownwork/GFDL 1.2. I'm not sure if this is the correct place to report suspected copyvios from Commons; WP:COPYVIO doesn't mention the Commons. CS Miller (talk) 09:00, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

That's because Commons is its own project, with its own rules and administration. :) You can find guidance to dealing with copyright issues there at Commons:Commons:How to detect copyright violations and Commons:Commons:Deletion policy. However, I think that image is probably okay - the page you link copies content from Wikipedia - it says at the bottom "Content in this section is authored by an open community of volunteers and is not produced by, reviewed by, or in any way affiliated with MedLibrary.org. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License, using material from the Wikipedia article on "Veterinarian", available in its original form here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Veterinarian". Five if the TinEye hits are Wikipedia projects, and all of them are smaller than the one on Commons. The longer an image has been on Commons, the more likely it is to be used elsewhere, and that image has been on Commons since 2006. If you have concerns, though, you can always ask for feedback at Commons:Commons:Village pump/Copyright about how to distinguish when content is a mirror and if there are issues with that specific file. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 11:28, 1 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Link on a talk page to an external page with extensive copyright violations

I've alerted an admin who's offered help with problematic behavior on this talk page before, but I note that, when I posted to the admin's talk page, he/she hadn't edited today. Would someone please review my edits here and intervene if necessary, or slap me with a trout if I'm getting all hyped up over nothing. Thanks.David in DC (talk) 21:28, 10 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Acceptance of website so that I may copy paste from it.

I am the owner of www.majorforms.com. I have written several articles for the site and have noticed that some are not included in Wikipedia. I would like the opportunity to contribute our articles to Wikipedia. I would like to copy and paste the articles rather than have to write them over again. I give permission to Wikipedia to use the information. I was attempting to set up an article and the wiki wizard told me to apply here to be able to paste material before I created the article. Here is an example of one of our articles I am seeking permission to add to Wikipedia through a cut and paste.

The Anteaters Club

The Anteaters Club existed from 1940 through the mid 1960s. It was started by the director of the National Zoo (located here), William Mann, and Gordon Leech who had a concession to fine dining at the zoo restaurant (which no longer exists). While dining together one day, Mann half kidding, wondered why buffalo was not on the menu. Leech felt challenged and obtained a side of bison from Oklahoma and invited friends and family to dine. The group decided that it might be nice to meet periodically to further partake in the eating of exotic animals. They christened their club the Anteaters Club because it was the one animal everyone agreed they would not want to eat.

Animals were obtained from various sources (none were taken from zoos unless they had died naturally). Over the years the Club feasted on seal, beaver, turtle, whale, reindeer, elk, eland, wild boar, wild duck, kangaroo, sturgeon, ring-necked pheasant, elephant, Scottish stag, hippo, rattlesnake, alligator, bear, caribou, Canadian geese, iguana, moose, Chukar partridge, and venison to name just a few. Word spread and the Anteaters Club became the toast of the town. Its membership included important politicians, journalists, wealthy businessmen and women, well-known athletes, diplomats, and other distinguished people. The numbers grew into the hundreds. The chef of the restaurant had a special way of preparing the feasts, like cooking elephant in a light wine sauce.

references:

http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2009-05-31/opinions/36874192_1_national-zoo-exotic-animals-iguana

I would also reference our website because I knew several people that went to the meetings and have added pertinent information not found in the reference and we have located the specific site where the anteater club met in the Washington Zoo (the meeting place no longer exists)

http://www.majorforms.com/article_view.php?id=137622

Volcanoman7 (talk) 16:24, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hello Volcanoman7 and thank you for wishing to donate work to Wikipedia. We have a formal procedure that you can follow as outlined at Wikipedia:Donating copyrighted materials. However I would suggest you read over Wikipedia:Declaration of consent for all enquiries first.Moxy (talk) 17:17, 14 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Copyvio Report

Sorry, the apparent way to report copyvio is braindead. Delete this if you don't like it, but better fix that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Rumeli_map.jpg

This is almost certainly a copyvio, as there is no indication that the rights of the map have been secured. --91.10.32.201 (talk) 17:28, 19 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]