On 10/16/06, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
I am afraid this really isn't much of a reply to your suggestion, but it leaped into my head when I read it...
If we went down the road of "buying copyrights", we'd probably end up setting up a "licensing trust", a registered charitable organisation whose sole purpose is to acquire intellectual property and license it out For The Betterment Of Humanity.
Of course, the benefit of a registered charity is that donations to it are tax-deductible - and, much to my delight, it seems that this even extends to gifts of intellectual property. So, put two and two together, and how about having them tout for donations?
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Now, I can't be the only one thinking this, but could this finally be a way to claim Wikipedia editing as a tax deduction since you are donating intellectual property ?
- Andrew Gray
--Gwern