Wikipedia / Wikimedia foundation is usually very generous in terms of
using-reusing its intellectual properties, especially by anyone who is
supporting the cause or outreach.
The below site has to do nothing with wikipedia but intends to just "sell" by piggy bagging on the name of wikipedia. IMO, the website can be considered commerical with .com registration and also use of Google Adsene for revenue generation.
What was more disturbing for me, was its twitter profile http://twitter.com/#!/indiawikipedia display image. We have already have big issues by repeatedly stating wikileaks has to do nothing with wikipedia .. No surprises if some media tommorrow says "Indian wikipedia" promotos nude content due to this :)
On related note, I wanted to recollect the earlier legal history of wikipediaart.org http://wikipediaart.org/legal-history/ . This letter is worth reading http://wikipediaart.org/legal/032309-Isenberg.jpg
Regards
Tinu Cherian
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, CherianTinu AbrahamThe website was probably created by a fan who does not understand
<tinucherian@gmail.com> wrote:
> Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/
> Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? The site has
> nothing to do with Wikipedia or its cause too.
trademark law. Hardly worth giving legal attention to.
(1) The website or the domain name use is non-commercial;
(2) The content does not demonstrate that the website is affiliated to
Wikipedia or sister-projects in any manner;
(3) The website does not use the "Wikipedia" or "Wikimedia" logo.
I think the Foundation should stick to defensive use of trademark law.
anirudh
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