On 7/14/06, Jack jackdt@gmail.com wrote:
The USA Library of Congress has requested permission to include http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur_conflict in their collection of Internet material concerning the crisis in Darfur.
They wish to
- archive the page at regular intervals, and
- publish it on their publicly accessible web site.
They completely reproduce pages for archival purposes: capturing all identifying site documentation, including URL, trademark, copyright statement, ownership, publication date http://www.loc.gov/webcapture/faq.html; so the GFDL requirements are met, but what about the trademark/logo? Who needs to give permission or refuse?
WikiMedia OTRS ticket: 2006071110012086 LC Reference: Darfur 88979 CD
I remember a similar request from 2004 during the Tsunami (okay, the actual request should have been from january-february 2005) from the US LOC for a collection about this. Maybe someone is able to find the ticket and how we reacted to this. As far as I am concerned, their request is fine and I consider it a shame that libraries are requested to ask for this to preserve the cultural heritage, no matter if it is on dead trees or on a DVD.