[Wikimedia-l] Study: Nobody cares about your copyright

[Keegan Peterzell]

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:21 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 23 May 2012 08:16, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 23 May 2012 01:37, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> People dont care about Sonny Bono, so it wont get any prominence.
> >> Most people dont care about copyright.  Most people do have kids and
> >> do know who Mickey Mouse is.  Tar Mickey Mouse with the actions of his
> >> protectors and the world will listen.
>
> > However for most of the world their copyright terms are as they are
> > for other reasons.
>
>
> That is, of course, not the case: the US raises the term then works
> very hard to get its copyright laws "harmonised" internationally. So
> that is actually the reason.
>
>
> - d.
>
>
Non-sarcastic reply, it's not about the US or harmony.  It's about
understanding, and the expectations of understanding international
copyright law through the web is a high specialized skill not even really
developed.  We have regular copyright complaints to Wikimedia sites from
people that lack a general understanding of the national and international
copyright rights. Often times these are questions that no lawyer I know can
genuinely answer, because there isn't one for their particular country.  We
just have to wing it and explain what we know.

-- 
~Keegan

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