[WikiEN-l] Copyright question

[Oldak Quill]

On 10/04/07, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org> wrote:
> On 4/9/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
> > On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:03:09 -0400, Anthony <wikilegal at inbox.org>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >I'd say there's probably a large degree of philosophical opposition to
> > >the idea of copyright over a collection of 4 groups of 20 or so names
> > >of cars - not as much over the idea of copyright itself.
> >
> > You think.  I think it's reasonable to assert that a list which is
> > compiled according to novel criteria is itself subject to copyright. I
> > have no problem with examples from each category, the entire list I
> > find problematic.
> >
> A list which is compiled according to novel criteria probably is
> itself subject to copyright.
>
> But I think a lot of people have a philosophical opposition to *that*.
>  Not to copyright itself, but to copyright being granted to an
> unordered list of things someone thinks is cool.
>
> Again, I'm not denying that copyright protection probably is available
> to such a list.  Just that it's ridiculous to do so, and that it
> doesn't really matter because use of such a tiny amount of copyrighted
> materials is almost always fair use, especially in the context of an
> encyclopedia article about it, distributed by a non-profit charity.

Has anyone tried contacting the BBC to ask them whether they claim
copyright over it?

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Oldak Quill (oldakquill at gmail.com)