I'm sorry, where was the decision made to write a press release? I'm really not sure that's the best approach. What attempts at direct communication have been attempted so far?
On 24 April 2011 09:45, WereSpielChequers <[email protected]> wrote: > 16,000,000 out of 3,000,000 articles sounds high to me, it would mean > over 500% of it was copyvio. Could that be individual edits? > > Otherwise I suggest: > > day mon, 2011 > Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org), a non-profit project run by the > Wikimedia Foundation, uses an open licence but with some terms. > The Chinese Wikipedia community welcomes the development of Baidu's > encyclopedia project Baidu Baike, as Baidu's efforts to build a > Chinese language encyclopaedia are complementary to Wikimedia's aims > to make the sum of human knowledge freely available to everyone in the > world. However, Baidu Baike has repeatedly violated the copyright of > Wikipedia. Wikipedians have complained many times but without result. > > Baidu Baike started in April 2006, and now has more than 3 million > articles. However, Wikipedian's investigations indicate that more than > 16,000,000<seems high should this be 160,000?> of the edits that > created these articles were copies from the Chinese Wikipedia or > translations from the English or Japanese versions of Wikipedia. These > copies and translations were done without complying with the licence > adopted by Wikipedia. This is a copyright violation against Wikipedia > editors, who write for free, asking only that their work remains free > and is attributed to them. So the contents of Wikipedia are available > to all under the CC-by-sa-3.0 and GDFL licences, including to Baidu. > But Baidu Baike doesn't comply with these licences, and claims > ownership of all content contributed to it with "? 2011 Baidu" stated > at the bottom of every page. As for attribution, according to some > users, even if all content is copied from > Wikipedia, Baidu' does not allow Wikipedia even to be listed as a > reference. When Wikipedians find people have copied and pasted content > from Baidu Baike into Wikipedia they quickly delete this as it > breaches Baidu's copyright. But Baidu Baike editors take insufficient > action when they see copyright violation. The terms of use of Baidu > Baike say the users who post material are responsible for the > copyright issues, but as the operator of Baidu Baike, Baidu should > also take responsibility to resolve this. > > Therefore, the Chinese Wikipedia community has sent a letter again to > Baidu requesting them to take action, and has decided to escalate > matters by doing so publicly. > > There is a great opportunity here for Baidu and its contributors. > Moving Baidu Baike to the CC-by-sa-3.0 licence would allow Wikipedia > and Baidu Baike to exchange content and attribute it to the original > authors. Users of Baidu Baike would have more confidence that the > material was legitimate, and writers who contribute to Baidu Baike > would know that their content could be translated into other language > versions of Wikipedia with attribution, just as Chinese Wikipedians > know that some of their writings are translated into other languages > but still attributed to them. > > About Wikipedia > Wikipedia is an Encyclopaedia written by volunteers, and is the > largest project of the Wikimedia Foundation. "Imagine a world in which > every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. > That's our commitment." This is how Jimmy Wales, the founder of > Wikipedia, explains the mission of Wikimedia. > > About CC-by-sa-3.0 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC-BY-SA-3.0 > > Press contact > Wikimedia Hong Kong: infowikimedia.hk Tango Chan: tango.chanwikimedia.hk +852 > 9063-2515 > Wikimedia Taiwan: presswikimedia.tw Ted Chien: htchienwikimedia.tw > Chinese Wikipedia OTRS system: info-zhwikimedia.org > > WSC >> >> ------------------------------ > >> >> English version >> ________________________________ >> >> Baidu Baike copies content from Wikipedia without attribution >> >> ________________________________ >> >> >> day mon, 2011 >> Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org), a non-profit project run by Wikimedia >> Foundation, uses an open licence but with some terms. >> The Chinese Wikipedia community is glad to see the development of Baidu's >> encyclopedia project called Baidu Baike, and Baidu's efforts to push forward >> the >> growing of knowledge around Chinese people, for Wikipedia also aims at making >> the sum of human's knowledge free to everyone in the world. However, Baidu >> Baike >> keeps violating the copyright of Wikipedia. Wikipedians have complained many >> times but without result. >> Baidu Baike started in April 2006, and has included 3 million more articles >> now. >> However, Wikipedian's investigation shows that among these articles more than >> 16,000,000 were copied from Chinese, English or Japenese Wikipedia, and were >> used in a way against the licence adopted by Wikipedia. This is a copyright >> violation to Wikipedia editors. Wikipedia releases its contents under >> CC-by-sa-3.0 and GDFL licences, while Baidu Baike doesn't claim to be using >> these licences, even with "? 2011 Baidu" stated at the bottom of the page. As >> for attribution, according to some users, even if all content is copied from >> Wikipedia, it is not allowed by Baidu's censorship to list Wikipedia as a >> reference. When Wikipedians encounter contents from Baidu Baike, they will >> delete them without delay, while Baidu Baike editors take no action when they >> see copyright violation. Although the terms of use of Baidu Baike sais the >> users >> who post it should be responsible for the copyright issues, but as the >> runner of >> Baidu Baike, Baidu is also inescapably liable for the such issues. >> Therefore, the Chinese Wikipedia community has sent a letter again to Baidu >> and >> requires them to take action. We hope that the modern media can give a >> report on >> this issue in order to let more people know about it. >> About Wikipedia >> Wikipedia is the largest project run by Wikimedia Foundation. "Imagine a >> world >> in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all >> knowledge. >> That's our commitment." This is how Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, >> interprets the mission of Wikipedia. >> Press contact >> Wikimedia Hong Kong: infowikimedia.hk Tango Chan: tango.chanwikimedia.hk +852 >> 9063-2515 >> Wikimedia Taiwan: presswikimedia.tw Ted Chien: htchienwikimedia.tw >> Chinese Wikipedia OTRS system: info-zhwikimedia.org >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> >> >> End of foundation-l Digest, Vol 85, Issue 49 >> ******************************************** >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
