Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com
Anyone can reproduce text from a Wikimedia project under a generic CC-BY-SA licence. On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Swaroop, even the UI is somewhat similar but doesn't cause any harm, but the name Wikipedia and the usage of the logo is not permitted. I think the UI is just mediawiki. Srikant, can you send them a polite mail explaining why they cannot use Wikipedia and other Wikimedia related trademarks? That works most of the time. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Regards, Srikanth Ramakrishnan. Wikipedia Coimbatore Meetup on February 12th. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meetup/Coimbatore Aliens invaded Tamil Nadu, left their Spacship and now it is a Toll Plaza. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IVRCL-Vijayamangalam-Toll-Plaza.JPG ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com
Statistics : http://www.aahwaan.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Statistics On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Srikant Kedia wikiodis...@gmail.comwrote: Hello, Please see the site http://www.aahwaan.com/wiki/ , Here there is a copyright violation, as the content is used from Wikipedia.. So please take the appropriate action. -- Thanks Regards, Srikant Kedia Odia (Oriya) Wiki Community http://or.wikipedia.org Mail ID - odiaw...@gmail.com Facebook- facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- * *Thanks n Regards Ansuman * ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଉଇକିପିଡ଼ିଆ * http://twitter.com/smileyansu * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ansumang * * ___ * * Wikipedia Odia (Oriya) mailing list wikipedia...@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-or facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki * ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com
I think WMF people could take an action against it, no need to ponder over this stupidity! ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com
The Logo is certainly a copyvio, but the text and content gets off easier. Its a simple matter of asking them to license text under CC-BY-SA. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 19:31, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.comwrote: I think WMF people could take an action against it, no need to ponder over this stupidity! ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com
Yes, Logo is copyrighted by WMF, but text is not. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 19:47, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.comwrote: No Swaroop, the logo is a modification version of original Wikipedia Odia logo and can't be in a CC-BY-SA, the admin has to remove it by all chances as it is a WMF's copyrighted logo and can't be used anywhere except foundation's work. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com
As I understand it, the text is not licensed to WMF, but we've definitely got a case with the logo. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 20:07, Srikant Kedia wikiodis...@gmail.com wrote: there is not only the matter of logo.. but also the text.. as it means Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia in the logo. On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 7:51 PM, Swaroop Rao raul.swar...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, Logo is copyrighted by WMF, but text is not. Swaroop Rao (MikeLynch http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MikeLynch) On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 19:47, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com wrote: No Swaroop, the logo is a modification version of original Wikipedia Odia logo and can't be in a CC-BY-SA, the admin has to remove it by all chances as it is a WMF's copyrighted logo and can't be used anywhere except foundation's work. ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Thanks Regards, Srikant Kedia Odia (Oriya) Wikipedia Community http://or.wikipedia.org Mail ID - odiaw...@gmail.com Facebook- facebook.com/OdiaWiki Tweet @OdiaWiki ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Copyright Violation by aahwaan.com
On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Subhashish Panigrahi psubhash...@gmail.com wrote: +1 Swaroop, even the UI is somewhat similar but doesn't cause any harm, but the name Wikipedia and the usage of the logo is not permitted. I think the UI is just mediawiki. Srikant, can you send them a polite mail explaining why they cannot use Wikipedia and other Wikimedia related trademarks? That works most of the time. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from the list / change mailing preferences visit https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
