2009/1/16 <WJhonson(a)aol.com>om>:
But that's the way it's *always* been.
So what>
What you want, is for me or some library or google or
whoever, to do all the
heavy lifting work, by scanning thousands or hundreds of thousands of pages
of material, and then to just... steal it.
Not at all. Everyone has a choice. In any case you are wasting your
time if you think page counts are going to impress me. I know the
basics of modern scanning techniques.
That is essentially what you are saying.
Once you've done all the work, tough, go spin, we'll do whatever we want
with your work.
Well yes. Just as I will ignore claims of copyright by the building
owner over photos I take of buildings in the UK.
That isn't what the court case you keep citing
says you can do.
Not at all.
No. It doesn't say I can do that. However it makes it pretty clear
that US based wikipedians can. Given the number of copyright claims
we've ignored citing that case you would have thought someone would
have tired taking the situation to court if they thought they actually
had a case.
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geni