2009/1/16 WJhonson@aol.com:
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.