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