On 11/08/06, George Herbert george.herbert@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.