[WikiEN-l] Copyright question

[AvB]

Probably more logic than law - it looks like a classical deadly embrace
to me: either OR or a copyvio. If there's something  special
about the list, it's the fact that it describes a selection created by
the BBC. In order to get around any copyright issues, one would need to
argue that the BBC did not compile the list, selecting cars one at a time:
compiling the list was an original creation. However, that's where NOR kicks
in and the list needs to be sourced elsewhere. Which then would by a copyvio
again.

Fancruft? You must be a deletionist looking for easy prey then! Shame on
you! (NOT)

AvB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Guy Chapman aka JzG" <guy.chapman at spamcop.net>
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2007 12:48 PM
Subject: [WikiEN-l] Copyright question


> At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cool_Wall we had a complete list
> of cars which appear on the BBC Top Gear "Cool Wall".  I removed this
> as being almost certainly a violation of copyright.  It is now being
> argued that reproducing the list in full does not violate copyright,
> because it is not published in the show's magazine or on the website
> and has been compiled by collating the lists from numerous shows.  It
> is further asserted that compiling the list from these shows does not
> constitute original research, although there is no known reliable
> secondary source for any of the data, let alone the complete collated
> list
>
> Original research?  You decide.
>
> Copyright?  I think so, but what do I know?
>
> Fancruft?  Ooooh, tricky :-)
>
> Guidance appreciated.
>
> Guy (JzG)
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