On 02/04/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cool_Wall we had a complete list of cars which appear on the BBC Top Gear "Cool Wall". I removed this as being almost certainly a violation of copyright.
How *on earth* do you get this as being a violation of copyright? The BBC don't own facts about the show.
It is now being argued that reproducing the list in full does not violate copyright, because it is not published in the show's magazine or on the website and has been compiled by collating the lists from numerous shows. It is further asserted that compiling the list from these shows does not constitute original research, although there is no known reliable secondary source for any of the data, let alone the complete collated list Original research? You decide.
You appear to be looking for any excuse. Whether this is the case or not, that's how it comes across.
- d.