On 21 March 2011 10:11, Carcharoth <carcharothwp(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
What should happen here and what implications does it
have for
copyright situations? Can you claim copyright on a piece of text
buried deep in page history, many months or years ago, that has since
been extensively rewritten? Does the amount of time it was visible and
published in the Wikipedia article matter (this can range from seconds
to years)? Can website E legitimately claim copyright on the text if
they are the only ones publishing it and the Wikipedia article
currently says something different?
I think I know the answers to these questions, but am not sure, so
want to see what others think.
Copyright exists as soon as something is published in a fixed form.
Which includes any given wikipedia edit. Subsequent edits have no
impact on this.
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geni