On Feb 12, 2004, at 3:27 AM, Jake Nelson wrote:
Erg, looks like it didn't go to the list last time I sent this, let's try that again...
My thought is to set up a page, say on meta, where people can list themselves if they wish to object to his use of articles to which they've contributed. With just a few major contributors, that'll encompass a large portion of the article space. Coordinated action can be quite effective.
Again, I'm no lawyer, but wouldn't it be possible (even appropriate) for a section to be added to the Copyrights page, specifying the owner(s) of the copyright for Wikipedia to be the Wikipedian community as a group, with certain people (probably Jimmy Wales, for example, among others) as the designated representative(s)? This would grant certain people the "authority" to speak for a larger number of members in cases like this.
Of course, the GFDL doesn't really allow for group ownership like that, does it? And adding something that involves such a big change might not be legally feasible considering Wikipedia's already lengthy history.
(Aside: Would this be a good idea for other communities, like the "Star Trek" wiki that I've helped get off the ground in recent months?)
Dan Carlson, Administrator Memory Alpha: A Star Trek WikiWiki http://memoryalpha.st-minutiae.com/