Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? The site has nothing to do with Wikipedia or its cause too. The website was probably created by a fan who does not understand trademark law. Hardly worth giving legal attention to. (1) The website or the domain name use is non-commercial; (2) The content does not demonstrate that the website is affiliated to Wikipedia or sister-projects in any manner; (3) The website does not use the Wikipedia or Wikimedia logo. I think the Foundation should stick to defensive use of trademark law. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?
I would think using the word wikipedia can be considered as passing off, it may not violate copyright law but it is guilty of passing off, taking advantage of the brand equity created by others at considerable cost. _ Pravin Gandhi emails: pravingandhi...@msn.com work email: p...@pravingandhi.com website: www.pravingandhi.com blog:www.pravingandhino1.wordpress.com linkedin:in.linkedin.com/in/pravingandhino1 facebook/twitter: pravingandhino1 skype/gtalk: pravingandhino1 From: anirudh...@gmail.com Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:48:26 +0530 To: wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ? On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? The site has nothing to do with Wikipedia or its cause too. The website was probably created by a fan who does not understand trademark law. Hardly worth giving legal attention to. (1) The website or the domain name use is non-commercial; (2) The content does not demonstrate that the website is affiliated to Wikipedia or sister-projects in any manner; (3) The website does not use the Wikipedia or Wikimedia logo. I think the Foundation should stick to defensive use of trademark law. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?
On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? The site has nothing to do with Wikipedia or its cause too. Just bringing into the attention of all. Now that Mike is away, who is the next in charge for legal affairs ? This is interesting!! The whole wikipedia is about giving away, sharing what you know and the content is all under CC. But here is a strong thought to protect and hold on to the copyrights of wikipedia !! I have not checked the license of the wikipedia logos. If they are modifiable and redistribution of modified images are allowed, will such images still remain as wikipedia property? Can I use such images/content on my website (any website for that matter) ? Generic speaking, what happens to logos and names and other such intellectual properties in such cases? -Sudhanwa ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?
Wikipedia / Wikimedia foundation is usually very generous in terms of using-reusing its intellectual properties, especially by *anyone who is supporting the cause or outreach*. The below site has to do nothing with wikipedia but intends to just sell by piggy bagging on the name of wikipedia. IMO, the website can be considered commerical with .com registration and also use of Google Adsene for revenue generation. What was more disturbing for me, was its twitter profile http://twitter.com/#!/indiawikipedia display image. We have already have big issues by repeatedly stating wikileaks has to do nothing with wikipedia .. No surprises if some media tommorrow says Indian wikipedia promotos nude content due to this :) On related note, I wanted to recollect the earlier legal history of wikipediaart.org http://wikipediaart.org/legal-history/ . This letter is worth reading http://wikipediaart.org/legal/032309-Isenberg.jpg Regards Tinu Cherian On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:48 PM, Anirudh Bhati anirudh...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? The site has nothing to do with Wikipedia or its cause too. The website was probably created by a fan who does not understand trademark law. Hardly worth giving legal attention to. (1) The website or the domain name use is non-commercial; (2) The content does not demonstrate that the website is affiliated to Wikipedia or sister-projects in any manner; (3) The website does not use the Wikipedia or Wikimedia logo. I think the Foundation should stick to defensive use of trademark law. anirudh ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?
On 11/30/2010 02:32 AM, Sudhanwa Jogalekar wrote: On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 8:03 AM, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? The site has nothing to do with Wikipedia or its cause too. Just bringing into the attention of all. Now that Mike is away, who is the next in charge for legal affairs ? This is interesting!! The whole wikipedia is about giving away, sharing what you know and the content is all under CC. But here is a strong thought to protect and hold on to the copyrights of wikipedia !! I have not checked the license of the wikipedia logos. Here is info on our marks http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Wikimedia_official_marks If they are modifiable and redistribution of modified images are allowed, will such images still remain as wikipedia property? Can I use such images/content on my website (any website for that matter) ? Not without permission Generic speaking, what happens to logos and names and other such intellectual properties in such cases? -Sudhanwa ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l -- Barry Newstead Chief Global Development Officer Wikimedia Foundation Tel: +1-415-839-6885 x. 634 Skype: barry.wikimedia Twitter: @bazanews ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?
I think they use it in the sense Wikipedia = Encyclopedia (they are covering India related news). Like Xerox machine became synonymous with photo copying. People might even mistake any wiki for Wikimedia projects. Probably there are 100s of sites like this all over the world. Unless someone is misusing Wikipedia trademark intentionally, we better let them go off. An NPO like Wikimedia should not waste its resources in petty issues. Ravi ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] indiawikipedia ?
On 30 November 2010 08:03, CherianTinu Abraham tinucher...@gmail.com wrote: Please see this website http://www.indiawikipedia.com/ Do you think the website violates Wikipedia / WMF copyrights ? What an odd website. Thanks for pointing this out Tinu. I think it does violate WMF IP - copyrights and trademarks, if any. Thank you. Best, Gautam http://social.prathambooks.org/ ___ Wikimediaindia-l mailing list Wikimediaindia-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaindia-l
