Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copy and paste

On 10/17/12 10:26 PM, James Heilman wrote: We really need a plagiarism detection tool so that we can make sure our sources are not simply "copy and pastes" of older versions of Wikipedia. Today I was happily improving our article on pneumonia as I have a day off. I came across a recommendation th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

On 09/11/12 4:29 AM, Thomas Morton wrote: No comment on whether they *can* prove this as I haven't seen the email in question, or the other evidence. But on the face of it there may be some case to answer. A response from the defendants may clear up the matter. Seeing as the intent is to replace

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright on Xrays

On 08/20/12 10:27 AM, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson wrote: In the US, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) governs release of medical information, which includes any medium, including spoken, written, or electronically stored. This includes videos, photographs, and x-ra

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright on Xrays

On 08/20/12 2:01 PM, Michael Peel wrote: OK, so the moderation of this mailing list appears to be broken (surely such emails should at least be held for approval by a moderator?). But please see my previous email (which I sent after hitting the 'reply' button)… Thanks, Mike It seems like a p

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Copyright on Xrays

On 08/20/12 12:17 PM, geni wrote: On 20 August 2012 12:52, David Gerard wrote: On 20 August 2012 12:50, Anthony wrote: On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 7:47 AM, David Gerard wrote: I'm sure that collectively we can bloviate with the best of 'em on the topic - but do we have any case law whatsoever

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

On 07/27/12 7:15 AM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: wikim...@inbox.org wrote: On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 3:35 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: I don't see that joint authorship enters into this at all. I think it's safe to assume that the one holding the camera is the one making th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

On 07/26/12 6:47 PM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: On Jul 26, 2012, at 4:23 AM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: Sources for the restrictions: * http://www.tickets.london2012.com/purchaseterms.html * PDF: http://j.mp/london2012prohibited I really can't figur

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

On 07/26/12 5:01 PM, FT2 wrote: but ticket T&C prohibitions include "unauthorised transmissions and/or recording through mobile telephones or other instruments (video cameras, tape recorders, etc)" I saw that in 19.3.2. It seems i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

On 07/26/12 3:51 PM, Anthony wrote: On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote: Copyrights wouldn't apply because you own the copyrights in the pictures you take. Maybe. You own the copyright fully if you are the sole contributor of the creative input which went into the pi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

On 07/26/12 9:31 AM, Peter Coombe wrote: Unfortunately people will still be bombarded with coverage of it from everywhere else, so probably a futile gesture. We may not be able to get photos of the glamorous sporting events to illustrate our articles, but there are plenty of associated events th

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Apparently, Wikipedia is ugly

On 07/26/12 4:41 AM, birgitte...@yahoo.com wrote: On Jul 26, 2012, at 5:33 AM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 7:42 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote: On 07/25/12 12:48 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: So there were how many years of faffing about before they hired *one guy* for this project

Re: [Wikimedia-l] photography restrictions at the Olympics

On 07/26/12 2:23 AM, wiki-l...@phizz.demon.co.uk wrote: kikkocrist...@gmail.com wrote: Sources for the restrictions: * http://www.tickets.london2012.com/purchaseterms.html * PDF: http://j.mp/london2012prohibited I really can't figure out the difference between your example about personality rig

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Apparently, Wikipedia is ugly

On 07/25/12 12:48 PM, Andreas Kolbe wrote: So there were how many years of faffing about before they hired *one guy* for this project? This is an organisation with a $20m annual budget, now acquiring umpteen paid chapter officials. The "paid chapter officials" are employees of the chapters them

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Protest against ACTA/Mexico in Spanish Wikinews

On 07/24/12 4:32 PM, Juergen Fenn wrote: FYI: Spanish Wikinews today bears a site notice in protest against the Mexican government signing the ACTA agreement. It says: The internet must remain free. The Freedom of the internet is in peril." The Spanish Wikinews community has issued a press relea

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Breivik: My Biggest Influence Was Wikipedia

On 04/18/12 6:54 AM, Mike Dupont wrote: On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Fae wrote: I just would prefer that this not be a launch pad for change or tangential discussions. fair enough! lets keep it that way. We dont want to give that madman Breivik more influence that he has. The influence