[WikiEN-l] Defamation policy

[Ray Saintonge]

Mark Gallagher wrote:

>Then we get to the copyright issue, where people say, 
>"Sure, it's stealing, but I've looked at it myself and I believe we're 
>going to get plenty of warning before anyone tries to sue over it, so 
>that makes it legal."  Sometimes I suspect it would be better if the 
>"you'll see us in court" genie had never been let out of the bottle.
>
The copyright issue isn't as simple as that.  When I am willing to push 
that button I would certainly not agree that it's stealing.  Before I 
use the "plenty of warning" argument I will have made damn sure that I 
have at least a glimmer of a legal argument.  Determining that something 
is copyright or that we should know it's copyright can be very difficult 
in many cases, and I prefer to take the benefit of reasonable doubt.

>[2] Have I spelled it correctly yet?
>
No. It's "Sei-" rather than the more intuitive "Sie-"

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