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I am the Web administrator for the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands ([1]) and this text comes directly from our Web site, though it was deleted automatically because the bot found it on a commercial web page [2] that copied the text from our official page. As a state agency, we have no problem allowing people to copy our text, but we do reserve the right to use our own text on sites like Wikipedia even is someone else has taken it for use on theirs.

Tom Desjardin
Maine Department of Conservation
Bureau of Parks and Lands
tom.desjardin@maine.gov

Contents 1 Note 2 Moved from previous talk ppage 2.1 Copyright problems 2.2 Copyright problems 2.3 These are my words, so my copyrighted text.

[edit] Note

I have received email confirmation that Sufur is Tom Desjardi from the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands. As a result, the copyright issue should be fixed. Anonymous101 (talk) 19:14, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Moved from previous talk ppage

As a state park we SHOULD have an article on this topic. If the state wants to release rights under the GFDL we can probably use this text... but just uploading it without a clear release isn't going to fly. --Rividian (talk) 18:01, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

But I AM the "State." The page was set for deletion because the text was similar to a commercial site that took the state's text and posted it on their own site.

Tom Desjardin
Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands
tom.desjardin@maine.gov —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sufurq (talk • contribs) 18:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Email sent to the above address to verify this. Anonymous101 (talk) 18:09, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright problems

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Two lights state park, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.themaineshop.com/parks/twolights.htm. As a copyright violation, Two lights state park appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Two lights state park has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Two lights state park and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Two lights state park with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Two lights state park.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. Sufurq (talk) 18:15, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

eeeeerrrggg! These ARE my own words. I wrote them (as part of my job duties) and someone else "stole" them and placed them on their Web site. Now Wiki is prohibiting me from using them because someone else copied them from the site I administer and pasted them on their commercial site.

Sufurq (talk) 18:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyright problems

Hello. Concerning your contribution, Two lights state park, please note that Wikipedia cannot accept copyrighted text or images obtained from other web sites or printed material, without the permission of the author(s). This article or image appears to be a direct copy from http://www.themaineshop.com/parks/twolights.htm. As a copyright violation, Two lights state park appears to qualify for deletion under the speedy deletion criteria. Two lights state park has been tagged for deletion, and may have been deleted by the time you see this message.

If you believe that the article or image is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) then you should do one of the following:

• If you have permission from the author, leave a message explaining the details at Talk:Two lights state park and send an email with the message to "permissions-en (at) wikimedia (dot) org". See Wikipedia:Requesting copyright permission for instructions.
• If a note on the original website states that re-use is permitted under the GFDL or released into the public domain leave a note at Talk:Two lights state park with a link to where we can find that note.
• If you own the copyright to the material: send an e-mail from an address associated with the original publication to permissions-en(at)wikimedia(dot)org or a postal message to the Wikimedia Foundation permitting re-use under the GFDL, and note that you have done so on Talk:Two lights state park.

However, for textual content, you may simply consider rewriting the content in your own words. Thank you. Sufurq (talk) 18:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] These are my words, so my copyrighted text.

eeeeerrrggg! These ARE my own words. I wrote them (as part of my job duties) and someone else "stole" them and placed them on their Web site. Now Wiki is prohibiting me from using them because someone else copied them from the site I administer and pasted them on their commercial site.

Sufurq (talk) 18:17, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

If you wrote them as part of your job duties, that would be a work for hire and copyrighted by the Maine state government. --NE2 00:48, 10 June 2008 (UTC)