On 10/21/07, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
On 10/21/07, William Pietri <william(a)scissor.com> wrote:
> Anthony wrote:
> > On 10/21/07, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596515164/
> >>
> >>
> > "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual"
> >
> > Did he get permission to use the Wikipedia trademark in his book
> > title? If not, I say threaten to sue unless he releases the book
> > under a free content license. I'm serious.
Given that O'Reilly already publishes a number of
books that are also
available under free-content licenses, you might
do better through
polite requests than legal threats.
I doubt it. Best strategy would probably be thinly veiled legal
threats disguised as politeness.
Depending on their sales curve,
opening it up at some point could well give them a nice sales boost.
Maybe, maybe not. Using Wikipedia in the title surely provides a nice
sales boost, though.
Anyway, for all I know they've already gotten permission. Who would
be the one to contact about this?
Um. Are you serious about this? Please, don't tell me you are.
Michel