Gwern wrote:
Isn't the correct paradigm here not copyright law but rather [[Trade secret]]s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_secret?
Actually, I think it's even closer to guild lore.
If it is appearing on Wikipedia, it seems to me that the third party has manifestly discovered it; if they are complaining about it appearing on Wikipedia, then they are crying over spilt milk/trying to put the genie back into the bottle/cat into the bag, etc.
Agreed.