I forgot humiliate. Sorry.
Ryan Kaldari
On 12/12/11 8:14 AM, Teofilo wrote:
Le 11 décembre 2011 19:02, MZMcBridez@mzmcbride.com a écrit :
Hi.
The "Terms of use" rewrite is starting to wind down. The current draft is here:https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_use.
From the point of view of Continental Europe, where creators enjoy advanced copyright laws which protect their attribution right, I think this implementation of the - creator belittling - US copyright law on Wikimedia projects is a disgrace. What the licensing section of this draft terms of use is saying is that the WMF simply disregards the attribution rights which are granted by law in their countries. It is humiliating.
By the clever use of attribution licenses, there was a way to conciliate continental European laws and US or British laws. The WMF decides not to do so, and to stubbornly push the US-copyright law point of view. It is a pity.
Perhaps the WMF should not have relied on a US lawyer alone. Perhaps a team associating a US lawyer with a continental Europe lawyer would have been better.
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