Despite my xxxcriticismxxx jokes about Wikipedia Art, I hope you win. Wikipedia seem to be stabbing themselves in the foot and cutting off their nose at the same time.
James. On 23/4/2009, "Scott Kildall" <lu...@kildall.com> wrote: >Hi everyone, > >I have been keeping quiet about this development until today. > >A brief history: On February 14th, 2009, Nathaniel Stern and I >launched the Wikipedia Art intervention on Wikipedia, which generated >knots of discussion on what was deemed encyclopedia-worthy. The full >archive of this project is at www.wikipediaart.org. > >A few weeks ago, I was sent a letter from the Wikimedia legal counsel >(they run Wikipedia) which challenged the Wikipedia Art project >(specifically the domain name, which I was the registrant of) on the >grounds of trademark infringement since we were using the "Wikipedia" >name in the project. This is despite the fact that the project is a >non-commercial commentary of Wikipedia. > >Here is an article written by Corynne McSherry from the Electronic >Frontier Foundation on the Wikimedia action, in support of the >Wikipedia Art project: >http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/wikipedia-threatens- > >And this is a brief legal history along with a personal statement that >we put up on the site: >http://wikipediaart.org/legal-history/ > >It certainly has been an interesting few weeks and in my various >consultations with lawyers, I have learned a *lot* about intellectual >property and cyberlegal issues. > >Best wishes, >Scott Kildall >www.kildall.com > >_______________________________________________ >NetBehaviour mailing list >NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
