Probably more logic than law - it looks like a classical deadly embrace to me: either OR or a copyvio. If there's something special about the list, it's the fact that it describes a selection created by the BBC. In order to get around any copyright issues, one would need to argue that the BBC did not compile the list, selecting cars one at a time: compiling the list was an original creation. However, that's where NOR kicks in and the list needs to be sourced elsewhere. Which then would by a copyvio again.
Fancruft? You must be a deletionist looking for easy prey then! Shame on you! (NOT)
AvB
----- Original Message ----- From: "Guy Chapman aka JzG" guy.chapman@spamcop.net To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:48 PM Subject: [WikiEN-l] Copyright question
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. 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.
Copyright? I think so, but what do I know?
Fancruft? Ooooh, tricky :-)
Guidance appreciated.
Guy (JzG)
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