2017-05-17 10:38 GMT-07:00 Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@mail.huji.ac.il:
Heh, I remember Mr Wales asking what could the movement do with a million dollars some time around 2006.
That question was about a hundred million, actually:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2006-10-16/Copyri...
Many of those suggestions are interesting to read a decade later: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Copyright_wishlist (and talk page) https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2006-October/thread.html#2...
Some of the proposals have become reality since 2006, e.g.:
* sheet music - the Petrucci library/IMSLP, founded that year, seems to be doing a fairly good job here, at least regarding PD classical music (using MediaWiki no less)
* free maps and geodata - OSM
* all academic papers in JSTOR that are public domain - by JSTOR itself (but only partially, and not before Aaron Swartz became involved)
* Happy Birthday - via legal means (exposed as copyfraud via academic research and subsequently freed by lawsuit)
Regards, HaeB (T. Bayer)