[WikiEN-l] A copy of WP articles

[Ray Saintonge]

Steve Bennett wrote:

>On 1/20/07, Brian Salter-Duke <b_duke at bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>  
>
>>http://www.justrec.com/wilderness.html
>>
>>This is just one of several articles on this site that appears to be a
>>direct copy of the WP article. Scouting is another. They claim copyright
>>on the page and do not mention WP. Is this legit?
>>    
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>When this came up a few months ago, we concluded that it was not
>illegal to falsely claim copyright. It doesn't make their claim valid,
>but it's certainly easier for many sites to simply claim copyright
>over everything appearing on their site than to work out which part of
>that claim would actually be valid.
>
Falsely claiming copyrright is illegal, but prosecutions are not practical.

Claiming copyright over an entire web page is not a false claim.  It 
really means "copyright to whatever extent allowable"

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