[Foundation-l] Wikipedia disclaimers

Nikola Smolenski smolensk at eunet.yu
Wed Oct 15 12:00:34 UTC 2008


Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote:
> Nikola Smolenski wrote:
>> Platonides wrote:
>>> @Nikola: Although almost every country contries have a "right to cite", 
>>> US Fair use has a greater scope than most of them. But I'd prefer not to 
>>> enter into Fair use discussion issues.
>>>     
>> Yes, however some Wikipedias appear not to follow even the right to cite 
>> their countries have.
> 
> Do you mean in terms of breaching the right to cite applicability
> limits, or in terms of not making full use of (the - more restrictive
> than US fair use provisions - but nevertheless extant) their countrys
> right to cite exceptions to the strict interpretation of copyright law.

Yes, there are cases of both.



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