On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
- Upload high-resolution copyrighted image littered with trademarks as
anonymous user. 2. Immediately order poster of said image. 3. File against WMF, its chapter(s) and the printer for good measure claiming [RI|MP]AA sized damages for copyright and trademark
infringement,
submitting said poster(s) and invoice(s) as evidence. 4. ??? 5. Profit!
I find your scenario too conspiratorial to be believable.
The first two steps are likely already done (actually step #2 is optional anyway if the file sharing lawsuits are any metric). All we need now is for a copyright/trademark holder (like Hanks Pediatric Eye Charts[1], concurrently listed for sale[2] and as a copyright violation for speedy deletion[3]) to get their nose out of joint and we're at #3 without any conspiring whatsoever.
I'll put it another way for you: Can anyone guarantee that the French chapter are not offering copyrighted and/or trademarked material for sale, (indirectly) for profit?
It's amazing that people are carrying on about relicensing work that authors intended to be free while turning a blind eye to commercial use of protected IP.
Sam
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanks_Paediatric_Eye_Charts 2. http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Paed07_C7.jpg 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Copyright_violations_for_speedy_deleti...