On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 10:55:44PM -0600, Sheldon Rampton wrote:
I'm not an attorney, but U.S. copyright law, as spelled out in 17 USC 107 [...]
I think following US copyright law is a mistake - much better to follow a policy of complying with the law in as many countries as feasible. (I've no idea if in this case it makes a difference, I just wanted to raise the point)
It might not be of much importance *now*, because of course the server is on US soil. However, if we want to put wikipedia on paper or CD one day, restricting the legal market for it to America would be bad.