Talk:Frank Frost

Not a copyright violation

This article was not a copyright violation. From this comment,[1] I'm assuming the alleged violation was a copy from Sun Records. [2] But note that the Sun Records article is dated 17 February 2009. The material here was already substantially in place a year before that (23 February 2008) [3]. Also if you look at the Sun Records article all the internal links are to Wikipedia. Sun Records copied from Wikipedia. Not the other way around. I'm reverting the article to its previous state. Best, Voceditenore (talk) 13:34, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Looks like you are correct; thanks for catching that. On a small point, I don't think the date is relevant; that may have been the last time it was updated. But clearly with the links to Wikipedia, it is they who took content from Wikipedia. Thanks!  Frank  |  talk  13:44, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Well, it actually does seem to be a copyright violation, but not from that source. It pastes material from [4], which is dated 1999. For example: NYT: "Cigarettes and alcohol wore Mr. Frost down over the years, but he continued to record, tour and diversify his repertory, appearing in the films Deep Blues and Crossroads." Our article: "Over the years, cigarettes and alcohol wore Frost down but he continued to record, tour and diversify his repertory, appearing in the films Deep Blues: A Musical Pilgrimage to the Crossroads and Crossroads." The material that remains copied from that source needs to be revised. I'll blank again until it can be. (Locating sources can be tricky. :/) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:05, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

We can re-revert to my [admittedly hastily] rewritten version and move along, no?  Frank  |  talk  14:25, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

So done. :) --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:29, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Copyright problem removed

One or more portions of this article duplicated other source(s). The material was copied from: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/14/arts/frank-frost-63-who-played-delta-blues.html]. Infringing material has been rewritten or removed and must not be restored, unless it is duly released under a license compatible with GFDL. (For more information, please see "using copyrighted works from others" if you are not the copyright holder of this material, or "donating copyrighted materials" if you are.) For legal reasons, we cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from other web sites or published material; such additions will be deleted. Contributors may use copyrighted publications as a source of information, but not as a source of sentences or phrases. Accordingly, the material may be rewritten, but only if it does not infringe on the copyright of the original or plagiarize from that source. Please see our guideline on non-free text for how to properly implement limited quotations of copyrighted text. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators will be blocked from editing. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with these policies. Thank you. --Moonriddengirl ^(talk) 14:29, 5 June 2009 (UTC)