On 11/08/06, George Herbert <george.herbert(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Copyright law sometimes causes freely redistributable
things all sorts of
pain and suffering. If you want to work to change the law, feel free,
either through lobbying or court cases or whatnot. Taking a too-free
interpretation of existing copyright law right now, though, could easily get
Wikipedia in a world of hurt. There have been copyright cases with damages
and legal fees which exceed the net value of WMF.
OTOH, that doesn't mean shy away from specious examples like the
National Portrait Gallery's specious legal threats.
- d.