On Tue, 31 May 2005 16:59:37 -0700, Ray Saintonge wrote:
So I guess there is no need to ever flag a copyvio, then. Should some copyright holder ever complain, we will just change change some words in his text and the problem will go away. Well, that sure makes life a lot easier.
Do you have statitics on how many have complained?
No, I don't. What I do have is some anecdotal evidence.
Last week, I requested that an editor ask permission from a copyright holder, and the copyright holder gave permission because she was so pleasantly surprised that for the first time ever, someone actually asked her, although the copyvio was just the most recent one of many. Not surprisingly, she didn't have kind words for the way copyvios are handled at WP.
FWIW, I did ask her about the other incidents, but didn't hear back.
Roger