[WikiEN-l] Aneurysm

[Ray Saintonge]

michael west wrote:

>In images you can add a statement like that in the lisense but not in
>normal wikipedia. If an editor beleived that once his edit was on the
>wiki server it was no longer his (copyright) but part of the world
>and beleived that he had reliniqushed all rights would that class as a
>release? 
>
Yes and no.  It may very much depend on his country of residence.  If he 
believes that he has relinquished his rights he is not likely to sue, 
but his heirs may think differently.

>Although essentially he misunderstood his rights, does this
>kind of tort have any validity in US law?
>
Maybe you should look up "tort" in a dictionary.  Failing to understand 
one's own rights is not in itself a tort.

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