[Foundation-l] WMF/EFF and Copyright extension

[Chad]

If the only thing the Foundation can do is say "Don't
do this so we can make articles nicer," then we need
to move on and not waste our time with a resolution.
The promotion of free content is much bigger than a 20
second soundbyte of "Yellow Submarine."

-Chad

On Feb 20, 2008 3:02 PM, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20/02/2008, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 20/02/2008, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> >
> >  > I think "theft" is too loaded a word.
> >  >  How about "Depriving the public domain of culturally significant material"?
> >
> >
> >
> > "theft of the public domain" is a phrase that ties in with the
> >  campaigns of various digital rights organisations fighting against the
> >  same copyright extension in the EU.
> >
>
>
> The wikimedia foundation is not however a digital rights organization
> and doesn't really have a mandate to be one. The foundation is more in
> the position of an interested party than a campaigning organization.
>
> --
> geni
>
>
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