[WikiEN-l] NPG copyright irony

[geni]

On 21 March 2011 10:11, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> What should happen here and what implications does it have for
> copyright situations? Can you claim copyright on a piece of text
> buried deep in page history, many months or years ago, that has since
> been extensively rewritten? Does the amount of time it was visible and
> published in the Wikipedia article matter (this can range from seconds
> to years)? Can website E legitimately claim copyright on the text if
> they are the only ones publishing it and the Wikipedia article
> currently says something different?
>
> I think I know the answers to these questions, but am not sure, so
> want to see what others think.

Copyright exists as soon as something is published in a fixed form.
Which includes any given wikipedia edit. Subsequent edits have no
impact on this.

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geni