On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:34:03 -0600, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
But if this list was compiled by Wikipedia editors (as JzG claimed when arguing that it's OR) then the _editors_ own the compilation copyright and are perfectly within their rights to release it under the GFDL.
No. The list exists in the form of a series of judgments made by the show's presenters, to categorise various cars in various places. The Cool Wall is the Top Gear "car coolness" chart, just as the 100 greatest people list is the author's own view and can't be reproduced without violating his copyright.
The reason you have to watch shows is that they blank it at the start of each series, cars move down or up sometimes, and they don't publish the list on the website. It's not that big a thing that they consider it worth republishing, I think.
It's still the Top Gear Cool Wall, as arbitrarily decided by Top Gear presenters on the Top Gear show. I'd need a pretty compelling argument that this was not covered by copyright, and I've yet to see one. Which is not to say none exists, I just have yet to see one.
Guy (JzG)