On 3 April 2011 12:54, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote: I tend to assume the speaker owns their words. But this whole thread is surmise. Is there *case law*?

Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 13:14:45 +0100 From: thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Transcripts of interviews On 3 April 2011 12:58, David Gerard wrote: I've found this discussion of Canadian law on the subject, written by a lawyer specialising in the subject: http://www.entertainmentmedialawsignal.com/2011/02/articles/copyright/quest… English and Welsh law isn't identical to Canadian law, by any means, but it does have a lot in common with it. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I will hold fire on posting full transcripts since the situation is uncertain, though the summary of "Anglo-Canadian" law shared by Tom suggests that the person who fixes the interview in a given medium owns the copyright in that medium, so that would imply I own the copyright in the transcript. Suffice to say that Rod Ward gave a really excellent interview to BBC World Service about academic contributions to Wikpedia, and there will be a link to the audio, and perhaps some paraphrasing, in the newsletter. On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Thomas Dalton wrote: http://www.entertainmentmedialawsignal.com/2011/02/articles/copyright/quest… -- Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Martin, The audio is only available on iplayer for 7 days & some BBC programmes are only available in the UK, although being World Service that restriction may not apply. According to http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p007dhp8 the programme on the 30th is available for another 2 days. Presumably I could give away the copyright of my comments – but the questions asked etc probably belong to the interviewer/BBC. Rod *From:* wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto: wikimediauk-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org] *On Behalf Of *Martin Poulter *Sent:* 04 April 2011 09:57 *To:* wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org *Subject:* Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Transcripts of interviews Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I will hold fire on posting full transcripts since the situation is uncertain, though the summary of "Anglo-Canadian" law shared by Tom suggests that the person who fixes the interview in a given medium owns the copyright in that medium, so that would imply I own the copyright in the transcript. Suffice to say that Rod Ward gave a really excellent interview to BBC World Service about academic contributions to Wikpedia, and there will be a link to the audio, and perhaps some paraphrasing, in the newsletter. On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Thomas Dalton wrote: http://www.entertainmentmedialawsignal.com/2011/02/articles/copyright/quest… -- Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org ------------------------------ No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1209 / Virus Database: 1500/3549 - Release Date: 04/04/11 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org

Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I will hold fire on posting full transcripts since the situation is uncertain, though the summary of "Anglo-Canadian" law shared by Tom suggests that the person who fixes the interview in a given medium owns the copyright in that medium, so that would imply I own the copyright in the transcript.

Oh I see, they were the first to render it into a medium. That makes more sense.

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What's the legal position on sharing broadcast transcripts? I've recorded a couple of recent Wikimedia-related radio interviews and transcribed them to avoid sharing the audio. I was thinking of sharing transcripts through this list and perhaps a press archive on the Wikimedia UK site. My instinct is that the content of the conversation, unlike the audio itself, is non-copyrightable, but online I've seen some descriptions of transcripts as derivative works. I'm rather keen not to get the chapter in trouble! -- Dr Martin L Poulter                ICT Manager, The Economics Network Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org