[WikiEN-l] Trading with the Enemy

[David Speakman]

This doesn't apply to WP for 2 reasons:
1. WP authors give up all rights to the public domain. Once it is
uploaded onto the WP servers it no longer is a work belonging to any one
person.
2. Trade requires that the writer gets money or other tangible goods in
exchange for services. WP is one way.


-----Original Message-----
On Behalf Of Fred Bauder
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2004 5:44 AM
To: wikien-l at Wikipedia.org
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Trading with the Enemy


Editing material which originates in Iran, North Korea, Cuba and other
nations with which most trade is banned without a government license may
be illegal. It is interpreted as aiding the enemy. No corrections of
spelling or grammar would be allowed under this interpretation, only use
of camera ready copy. Theoretically correcting a spelling mistake by
Osama ben Ladin would fall into this category of crime.

This potentially affects us as we can in the routine conduct of
business, without even knowing, accept imput from these nations, from a
user who simply appears to be an ordinary user.

One could interprete this to apply only to input the origin of which is
clearly identified.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/28/national/28PUBL.html?th

New York Times login required

Fred

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