[Wikipedia-l] What would Richard Stallman say? (IP users)

[Evan Prodromou]

>>>>> "O" == Optim  <optim81 at yahoo.co.uk> writes:

    O> My opinion is that an anonymous user (IP user) still owns the
    O> copyright of his or her works he or she uploads.

IANAL, TINLA. I think that should be pretty darn clear. Using a
pseudonym or no name at all shouldn't strip you of your copyright.

However, I do seem to remember some talk about how a publisher can
manage and enforce copyright on behalf of an anonymous author, until
or unless that anonymous author steps forward to enforce and manage it
him or herself. I don't remember if this is Anglo-American tradition,
European, or both.

I think it might be hard for, say, Wikimedia to try to claim this role
of publisher w/r/t unidentified users on Wikipedia or other
projects. The publisher of an anonymous work is usually aware of the
real identity of the anonymous creator. Wikimedia does not know the
identity of IP-identified users.

~ESP

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