Quoting Anthony <[email protected]>: > What would Wikinews be like if they had a rule which said "don't copy from > other news articles",
Well that's different: http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/ca1968133/s103b.html --- COPYRIGHT ACT 1968 - SECT 103B Fair dealing for purpose of reporting news (1) A fair dealing with an audio‑visual item does not constitute an infringement of the copyright in the item or in any work or other audio‑visual item included in the item if: (a) it is for the purpose of, or is associated with, the reporting of news in a newspaper, magazine or similar periodical and a sufficient acknowledgement of the first‑mentioned audio‑visual item is made; or (b) it is for the purpose of, or is associated with, the reporting of news by means of a communication or in a cinematograph film. --- > You have to be able to "copy facts" from time to time. Well, there's nothing more factual than the signage on-site. I assume this is what you meant by what you "have" to? > And that means you have to use your own judgment as to what constitutes a > copyright infringement and what constitutes legitimate research. The OpenStreetMap policy is fairly clearly expressed, however. I take it to mean that OSM do not want to deal with cases where contributors' own judgments are faulty. And the other problem is, it's not the contributors' own *judgments* that matter, anyway. Brendan _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
