Wikipedia:Featured sound candidates/Be Ye Men of Valour

Be Ye Men of Valour[edit]

1940 - Be Ye Men of Valour

Radio recording of the original speech made by the former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill released by the British Broadcasting Corporation, here entitled Be Ye Men of Valour.

This is free because it is in the public domain, and has historical significance as one of the greatest speeches in World War II. It is used primarily to support the following articles:

Be Ye Men of Valour

Nominate and support. :| TelCo NaSp Ve :| 05:07, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
This really needs better copyright tagging. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 08:12, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

What needs to be done? Is the PD-tag not sufficient? :| TelCo NaSp Ve :| 08:20, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

It needs a much more specific tag, explaining why it's out of copyright in Britain. It's not clear at present. For example, are we presuming Crown copyright on the speech itself?

It's particularly important to document meticulously in this case, as, apparently, there's a widespread copyfraud situation surrounding Winston Churchill's wartime speeches. Crown copyright, as Churchill was acting as a British government official, should cover it, but we really need to document this. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 08:43, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

How can a PD-1923 tag work on a speech from 1940--Guerillero | My Talk 10:23, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Which is pretty much my point. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 15:05, 3 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Suspended pending resolution of copyright content. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 6:21pm • 08:21, 4 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Crow copyright only lasts for 50 years post publication I think --Guerillero | My Talk 00:29, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
  - Yep, you're right I slapped a {{PD-BritishGov}} on the Commons file desc and will unsuspend the nominations. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 6:31pm • 08:31, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
With this unsuspension the voting period has been restarted. Also, I support. —James ^{(Talk • Contribs)} • 7:15pm • 09:15, 16 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Support Sounds good for the age. Great Ev. I'd like to see more of these, but we should be careful only to use the speeches he made during the war, not the re-recorded ones sometime later. Ben (Major Bloodnok) (talk) 09:34, 20 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

- Promoted I will do the closing procedure after lunch --Guerillero | My Talk 16:12, 21 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]