Forum:Usage of episode transcript - copyright violation?

I'm an admin on the Sonny With a Chance Wiki and I noticed a user add a full episode transcript to this episode page. I'm inclined to believe that this is a copyright violation, but I wanted to ask if anyone knew for sure before I removed it. Is there anyone better versed in copyright law than me who knows whether having the entire transcript of an episode on a wiki is a copyright violation? Not sure if this would affect the answer, but if it stays, I think it should probably have its own page, because it's making that page very long. Thanks for any/all help!! ---Zukogray 08:16, June 1, 2010 (UTC)


 * Since texts on most Wikia hosted wiki are suppose to be plublished under CC-BY-SA, i would be incline to say that having the full text of anything copyright on a wiki page is a violation.
 * But still, since they do it in gaming wikis... If we take a look at this page of the same wiki, it say "All original content is licensed under a Creative Commons by-nc-sa license. All other information, art, skill images, are Copyright to their original creators, NCsoft, or ArenaNet." wich mean that you could do the same, maybe.
 * You would add a statement that say "text transcripts are still copyrighted by" the maker of the serie. — TulipVorlax 12:00, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Just because someone else does it is not a valid reason. Copying content is a violation of copyright. There is fair use but I think you would be hard-pressed to show fair use for copying an entire episode wholesale. I recommend removing it promptly. -- 17:06, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Plus, I don't much about the gaming world, but I feel like that's a bit different, from looking at the article you linked. And yeah, Pcj, from what I know about fair use, having the entire script is questionable. Anyone else want to weigh in before I remove the transcript?---Zukogray 18:51, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Transcripts are fair use for review and referencing, it is useful to have the entire thing for context instead of just bits and pieces. It's not like this is a text dump from a book, there is no loss of revenue. I would suggest that you move it to a subpage and link to it though, since it make the page look terrible. You might want to put a "fair use" tag on the page though so people know that it's not CC-BY-SA.--Sxerks 19:15, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Though my knowledge of copyright law is limited, I think it would be hard to justify having a whole episode transcript on a page without breaching copyright laws. Theboy1001 Talk 19:26, June 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * Quotations of excerpts of the TV show should be fine. A transcript of the entire show would be harder to defend. --
 * Maybe some Wikia staff could help with knowing what can be done and what can't.
 * You can contact staffs using special:contact and give them a link to this page.
 * But then, even if it would fall into the category "can be done", you can make a local policy that say that that wiki wont accept such doing, if you prefer (altough policy should have local community consensus).
 * — TulipVorlax 07:15, June 2, 2010 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the input everyone! I appreciate hearing all the different perspectives. I decided to contact staff and am awaiting a response. ---Zukogray 07:25, June 2, 2010 (UTC)