Talk:The Octagon House
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[edit] Copy vio?
I'm sorely tempted to place a copyvio template on this page since it is copied verbatim from http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dc22.htm. However, is it a copyvio if the source does not carry a copyright notice? It's blatant plagiarism all the same, but is it a copyvio if there's no stated copyright? --Canonblack 10:24, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- [EDIT] The same passage, again verbatim, appears on this page as well [1] as the second of three sections in a much longer write up. This page does carry a copyright notice, however it also has a link to the NPS page cited above. So which came first, and if NPS is the original source, is it free use? And if it's free use, shouldn't NPS be credited here? --Canonblack 10:31, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
According to the public domain page...
Works of the United States Government and various other governments are excluded from copyright law and may therefore be considered to be in the public domain.
and since this came from an nps page I think it's covered, but I should source it.
- [EDIT] It's listed as the reference. What more do you think should be done?
Cranor 04:13, 11 October 2006 (UTC)
