[Foundation-l] Baidu Baike & Wikipedia 百度百科與維基百科 (英文)

[Dana Lutenegger]

Actually, I'm pretty sure that on paper, Chinese law forbids this kind of
copying without attribution. The issue is whether or not it can be enforced
in practice. If it was strictly enforced, a lot of Baidu Baike and Hudong
Wiki would have to be seriously retooled, so I doubt it. However, there have
been recent cases in which copyright infringement claims have been upheld by
Chinese courts, such as the infamous "Starbuck" coffee chain in Shanghai. I
think that our legal counsel should at least be in touch with Baidu on this,
and perhaps try to get them to take down the material, attribute it
properly, or agree to the donation or apology letter ideas.

2011/4/18 HW <waihorace at yahoo.com.hk>

> Dear all,
>
> Some discussion about the Baidu Baike copy the content from Wikipedia is
> now on
> Chinese Wikipedia Village Pump.
>
>
> 1.
>
> http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E4%BA%92%E5%8A%A9%E5%AE%A2%E6%A0%88/%E6%96%B9%E9%92%88#.E5.AF.B9.E4.BA.8E.E5.A4.A7.E9.87.8F.E6.8A.84.E8.A2.AD.E7.BB.B4.E5.9F.BA.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E6.9D.A1.E7.9B.AE.E7.9A.84.E7.99.BE.E5.BA.A6.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E7.94.A8.E6.88.B7.E6.98.AF.E5.90.A6.E5.BA.94.E8.AF.A5.E8.BF.BD.E7.A9.B6.E6.B3.95.E5.BE.8B.E8.B4.A3.E4.BB.BB.EF.BC.9F
>
> Some Baidu user copy a lot of content from Wikipedia, should them be
> prosecuted?
>
> A user suggest that the Wikimedia Foundation prosecute the Baidu company
> and
> request for remove or a large amount of money (donate to Wikimedia
> Foundation),
> and have a advertisment on at least 10 newspaper/radio/TV for saying sorry
> to
> Wikipedia.
>
> 2.
>
> http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E4%BA%92%E5%8A%A9%E5%AE%A2%E6%A0%88/%E5%85%B6%E4%BB%96#.E7.99.BE.E5.BA.A6.E7.99.BE.E7.A7.91.E7.9A.84.E6.89.80.E4.BD.9C.E6.89.80.E7.82.BA
>
> About Baidu Baike
>
> Some wikipedian said in China law, no clear solution can be make. Also,
> some
> people advice the WMF to use the
>
> http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E7%99%BE%E5%BA%A6%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91%E5%B0%8D%E7%B6%AD%E5%9F%BA%E7%99%BE%E7%A7%91%E7%9A%84%E4%BE%B5%E6%AC%8A/%E5%88%97%E8%A1%A8
>  [list]
>  to prosecute or take action to Baidu company & Baidu Baike editor. I give
> a
> comment that send a wikipedian-signed letter to Baidu and request them to
> take
> action. Someone suggest that Wikimedia Taiwan to talk with the related
> organization and try to solve the problem.
>
> 3. Talk about the "Is it possible to fund the Wikimedia China?"
>
> Thank you for your attention.
>
> HW
> Editor of Chinese Wikipedia
> ----
> Key words for wikizh-l people:
>
> Baidu Baike = In Chinese 百度百科, the encyclopedia by a internet search
> website
> Baidu, the no.1 website in China.
> Wikimedia Taiwan = In Chinese 中華民國維基媒體協會, the wikimedia local
> assoication in
> Taiwan. Approved by WMF
> Village Pump = In Chinese 互助客棧
> Wikimedia Foundation = In Chinese 維基媒體基金會
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