[WikiEN-l] Copyright, images and the voicing of doubt

Delirium delirium at hackish.org
Fri Jan 14 18:55:49 UTC 2005


Ray Saintonge wrote:

> Another thing to keep in mind is the three-year limitation for taking 
> action on a copyright violation.  If something has been on the site 
> for at least three years it is probably safe to keep.  The argument 
> that continuing availability may result in new limitation periods can 
> probably be countered by invoking the doctrine of laches.

However, republishing in another medium, such as publishing a print 
edition of Wikipedia, probably would easily restart the limitation period.

-Mark




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