Talk:Lewis Wade Jones

Untitled

The text of article was obtained from Library of Congress site. Darwin 13:32, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Copyright violation

The stated source of this text, referenced above and cited on the page, is not in the public domain. To quote from the relevant text at memory.loc.gov (stress added):

The Library of Congress is not aware of any U.S. copyright protection (see Title 17, U.S.C.) or any other restrictions in the material in this Collection, except as noted below. Users should keep in mind that the Library of Congress is providing access to these materials strictly for educational and research purposes. The written permission of the copyright owners and/or other rights holders (such as publicity and/or privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions.

Unless there is a credible argument that this source is in fact appropriate for Wikipedia use, this page should be rewritten based on the facts cited. I have not yet listed this page under {{copyvio}} since that will rapidly begin a deletion process. In the meantime, if someone can either remove the copyright concern or rewrite the article, please do so.Spinality (talk) 20:24, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

I understand it that all material in the collection is copyright-free unless otherwise stated. - Darwinek (talk) 21:06, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

Can you find some statement to that effect? The above quote from the copyright section of the collection would seem to say the opposite, as would the following from loc.gov (stress added):

About Copyright and the Collections
Whenever possible, the Library of Congress provides factual information about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids and other texts that accompany collections. As a publicly supported institution, the Library generally does not own rights in its collections. Therefore, it does not charge permission fees for use of such material and generally does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute material in its collections. Permission and possible fees may be required from the copyright owner independently of the Library. It is the researcher's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other use restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the Library's collections. Transmission or reproduction of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Researchers must make their own assessments of rights in light of their intended use.

I would assume that, for the purposes of individuals who access the collection for research purposes, there are strong fair use arguments. However, those are not sufficient for inclusion in Wikipedia, which has rather high requirements. Spinality (talk) 07:09, 26 June 2008 (UTC)

One might add that, as I understand it, there is essentially no such thing as a "copyright-free" document. The author always has an automatic copyright, whether or not claimed explicitly. Documents in the public domain are a special case, but for recent documents such as those in the collection, I believe some positive granting of usage rights is generally required for direct use in Wikipedia. Spinality (talk) 07:14, 26 June 2008 (UTC)