On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
If, on the other hand, we argue that it is not a copyright violation because the list itself is not presented as part of the show's content, then the list in the article is a novel synthesis from original materials.
That doesn't follow, because Wikipedia's definition of "novel synthesis" isn't a legal definition. It's entirely plausible that a list can be "novel" in a legal sense, yet non-novel by Wikipedia standards.
This smells highly of an attempt to delete listcrufy by whatever means and stretching definitions. I've seen a lot of stretched definitions lately, and they can really hurt us in the future. You are creating Wikipedia's Commerce Clause.