[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia: The Missing Manual (O'Reilly, Dec 2007)

[Michel Vuijlsteke]

On 10/21/07, Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org> wrote:
>
> On 10/21/07, William Pietri <william at scissor.com> wrote:
> > Anthony wrote:
> > > On 10/21/07, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596515164/
> > >>
> > >>
> > > "Wikipedia: The Missing Manual"
> > >
> > > Did he get permission to use the Wikipedia trademark in his book
> > > title?  If not, I say threaten to sue unless he releases the book
> > > under a free content license.  I'm serious.



> Given that O'Reilly already publishes a number of books that are also
> > available under free-content licenses, you might do better through
> > polite requests than legal threats.
>
> I doubt it.  Best strategy would probably be thinly veiled legal
> threats disguised as politeness.
>
> > Depending on their sales curve,
> > opening it up at some point could well give them a nice sales boost.
> >
> Maybe, maybe not.  Using Wikipedia in the title surely provides a nice
> sales boost, though.
>
> Anyway, for all I know they've already gotten permission.  Who would
> be the one to contact about this?


Um. Are you serious about this? Please, don't tell me you are.

Michel