On 4/27/05, NSK <nsk2(a)wikinerds.org> wrote:
I know many irresponsible users try to upload
copyrighted material in
Wikipedia. What do you do to find which material is copyrighted
See <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Spotting_possible_copyright_violations>
for some advice on finding which material is copyrighted.
and how do
you handle the situation?
It depends what it is and how it was found. If it was found via the
Foundation receiving a valid take down notice, we'd just take it down.
If not, it would be discussed at
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems> for a week
before being deleted (assuming no one found out that it wasn't a
violation within this time, or sought permission from the copyright
owner to release it under the GFDL). If the violation was not a new
page, it might just be reverted rather than being deleted (see
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Copyright_violations_on_history_pages>).
Angela.