Hi, all,
Does anyone have any knowledge of laws (in the US) that govern the ownership of Wiki content? I noticed that the default disclaimer in the MediaWiki edit page claims that all content is public under the GNU Free Documentation License. Is just changing this disclaimer a sufficient means of making the content protected by an individual or corporation's ability to copyright? Or, since the tool lies in the public domain is it more complex to use the tool to generate private or confidential data?
My intuition tells me that a content creator owns his content unless an explicit agreement exists that changes this policy. However, I have never heard this formally stated so I'm curious if others can confirm or displute my intuition.
Thanks, Scott