On Saturday 21 September 2002 08:57 am, you wrote:
I blocked someone for repeatedly inserting text from a copyrighted website about Amiga operating systems. Should someone be blocked for that?
phma
In my opinion? Absolutely they should be blocked. This is not like my too-quick-on-the-draw proposal of earlier which was - I now think rightly - thoroughly criticized by the list participants. This situation conforms to the standard for calling something "vandalism": *repeated* efforts to insert non-useful (and in this case actively harmful) text.
I mean, we have the blurb about not inserting copyright text in boldface on each edit page. They had every opportunity to post something on a talk page if they thought the material was legitimately usable; instead they (I presume) just chose to repeat it rather than discuss it. I think your action completly appropriate.
-- April
I agree and have done the very same thing several times in the past. In my opinion, persistent copyright violations are the /worst/ form of vandalism since their presence threatens the legitimacy of the entire project and if we have a lax attitude about it then the project itself may be legally liable.
-- Daniel Mayer (aka mav)
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