On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 11:51:53PM +0100, Lars Aronsson wrote:
Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
If I create a screenshot of a browser page on my computer displaying wikipedia, there is *one* copyright involved: *mine*. The image is not a derivative work of the browser, the OS, or the website. Therefore, none of those people's copyrights apply, and therefore by induction, no licenses are necessary. I created an image, and I own its copyright.
This is great news. Now we can "view first page" in amazon.com, take a screenshot, and then upload that to Wikimedia Commons.
Or perhaps you are just clueless.
Or perhaps you, and the people who wrote the policy are.
Are *you* an attorney specializing in intellectual property practice, Lars?
If not, I'd recommend you pedal it back to "I believe you're incorrect", instead of being attacking and insulting.
I saw no evidence that *any* such attorneys had been consulted in the creation of the relevant paragraphs on Commons:Licensing.
Cheers, -- jra