[WikiEN-l] Subscription idea

[WJhonson at aol.com]

<<In a message dated 12/26/2008 11:43:52 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
carcharothwp at googlemail.com writes:

whether  that refers to the images or the contents seems
moot  really.>>
 
Well David, in the case he pointed to, is stating that under US law (which  
is what governs Wikipedia), they don't even own a copyright to the images.
 
What I'm saying, is that even *if* they had a copyright to the images, they  
don't own a copyright to the text.
 
"Download or print" is the entire issue in my mind.  If you want a  copy of 
the *information* in the image, you don't have to download or print it,  you 
can simply clip out the text and render it as plain text, over which, even  with 
a photographic claim, they would have no copyright.
 
Either way, this entire issue is moot.
We should wait until such time as JSTOR actually sues Wikipedia, or  actually 
asserts a claim over a specific instance of plain text.
We should, imho, refrain from making copies of their images, whether they  
actually enjoy a valid copyright claim or not.
 
Will Johnson
 
 
 
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