That's interesting. How was the issue handled with *A History of the World
in 100 Objects* a few years back?
On 9 December 2016 at 10:13, Fæ <faewik(a)gmail.com> wrote:
See [1], in short if a list can be created by
repeatable analysis of
data, then it's not copyrightable, otherwise, by definition, it must
have subjective creativity and so is copyrightable. The 100 women list
is not independently repeatable, so to be published on Wikipedia
without future risk of deletion, there needs to be a release from the
copyright holder.
For the English Wikipedia, the copyright of lists was thrashed out by
the community several years ago. I became part of that discussion in
its early days as I was using lists of film box-office income as part
of a large number of articles I was creating for Bollywood film
history. I suggest the charity takes advantage of that existing
investment in volunteer time, rather than spending its resources
elsewhere, especially as the Wikipedia community would still need to
accept any differing opinion.
By the way, I worked closely with Maggie Dennis to get this right, she
is an excellent thinker on these aspects of copyright. In those days
she was an independent volunteer, but now is the WMF Director of
Support, Safety and Programs. You could always drop her a note.
Link
*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_in_lists
Thanks,
Fae
On 9 December 2016 at 09:31, Lucy Crompton-Reid
<lucy.crompton-reid(a)wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:
Hi all
There does seem to be some disagreement as to whether copyright is
actually
an issue in the case of the list of 100 women. I
will be doing quite a
lot
of follow up with the BBC over the next few weeks
so am happy to add
this to
my list of things to discuss, however I will try
to seek legal clarity on
this question first.
Thanks
Lucy
On 8 December 2016 at 23:18, Gordon Joly <gordon.joly(a)pobox.com> wrote:
>
> On 08/12/16 17:32, Michael Peel wrote:
> > An interesting question that could do with a speedy response (and
maybe
> > a copyright release email from the BBC
to OTRS) has been posted at:
> >
> >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:100_Women_(BBC)#Is_it_
not_a_copyright_violation_to_publish_this_list.3F
> >
> > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:100_Women_%28BBC%29#
Is_it_not_a_copyright_violation_to_publish_this_list.3F>
Thanks,
Mike
I have often observed how the BBC did not adopt a standard Creative
Commons licence but developed their own (as a result of the massive
pressure of rights).
http://www.bbc.co.uk/creativearchive/
So, don't hold your breath!
Gordo
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