[WikiEN-l] NPG copyright irony

[Newyorkbrad]

Hopefully the internal dispute on-wiki is now resolved.

Newyorkbrad

On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Scott MacDonald <doc.wikipedia at ntlworld.com
> wrote:

> I discovered the NPG's infringement after the article [[John Michael
> Wright]] was slated for TFA (due in an hour or two). As I say, I wrote 95%
> of it.
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors#Errors_in_the_summar
> y_of_today.27s_or_tomorrow.27s_featured_article
>
> and
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:John_Michael_Wright#CopyVio.3F
>
>
> The joke is now on me as people actually want to pull the TFA because of a
> perception that I violated the NPG's copyright. To say I'm pissed off it to
> put it mildly.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Scott MacDonald
> Sent: 20 March 2011 20:54
> To: 'English Wikipedia'
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] NPG copyright irony
>
> I guess I was mainly enjoying the irony that people so prickly about their
> own asserted copyrights can be so slapdash with material that is someone
> else's copyright. They threw bricks at Derrick, now it appears they are
> inhabiting a glass-house.
>
> I doubt I'm much motivated to do anything about it beyond chuckle with a
> little righteous indignation, but if someone else wants either to contact
> them and ask them to acknowledge Wikipedia and the correct license, or to
> use the whole thing to throw a publicity brick back at them, they are very
> welcome. I will chuckle more.
>
> Any way you look at it, they have (probably carelessly) asserted copyright
> over material that they certainly do not have copyright over, and (probably
> inadvertently) violated my rights and those of Wikipedia. Given the
> circumstances, that's somewhat funny.
>
> Scott
>
>
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