[WikiEN-l] Copyright?

[Mark Wagner]

On 5/8/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
> Guettarda wrote:
>
> >On 5/3/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>SPUI has repeatedly tagged http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Sbekele
> >>as a copyvio of http://www.cbsintl.com/people.htm.  I refused to
> >>speedy it on that basis, so SPUI blanked it and added the copyvio
> >>template.  Sbekele self-identifies as Sophia Bekele, CEO of CBS
> >>International, and therefore presumably the copyright owner.  Since
> >>this is user space, and the content is an "about us" bio, not
> >>commercial content, I think that blanking and deletion are a bit
> >>excessive.  On the other hand, copyright is copyright I guess.  What
> >>does the panel think?
> >>
> >>
> >Yeah, it's a copyvio.  Since the user doesn't appear to have explicitly
> >released the material under a GFDL-compatible license, and since the user
> >has not provided an proof that they are who they say they are, it's correct
> >to consider it a copyvio.  Please note, the original says:
> >
> >*Copyright (c) 1997-2005 CBS International All rights reserved.*
> >
> Such notices are irrelevant to the determination of whether something is
> copyright, except perhaps in establishing when the copyright will
> expire, but that problem is moot until 2067.
>
> Release under GFDL is implicit whenever anyone saves an edit.  Why
> should it be any more explicit in this case?

Because they may not own the copyright in the first place.  If you
don't own the copyright, you can't release your contributions under
the GFDL -- it's why we delete copy-and-pastes from Britannica.

--
Mark
[[User:Carnildo]]