Extracting concepts and other facts is perfectly legal. If unacknowleged (Which is standard Wikipedia operating practice and WRONG) this may be plagarism but is not a copyright violation. Neither ideas or facts can be copyrighted.
Fred
From: Mathias Schindler neubau@presroi.de Reply-To: wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:24:27 +0200 To: Mailingliste der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia wikide-l@Wikipedia.org, wikipedia-l@Wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikipedia-l] "Why Wikipedia Sucks. Big Time"
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/archives/2004/06/index.ht... #000623
Eine Perle:
"Text and concepts for Wikipedia entries are often blatantly copied from other websites. To avoid instant recognition, the text is sometimes rewritten, adding inaccuracies, inconsistencies or even errors. Due to the nature of the content and the open format of Wikipedia, no copyright holder can do anything about this."
(I don't agree with this text but I find it interesting to read most objections to wikipedia condensed on a single non-wikipedia-affiliated page)
Sonnenscheinverwöhnte bitte wegschauen.. Nicht, daß ich glaube, daß er das Prinzip in der letzten Konsequenz verstanden hat...
Mathias
nach uns der synflood.
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