David Gerard wrote: >> 2008/12/23 Wilhelm Schnotz <[email protected]>: >>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Gregory Maxwell >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Judson Dunn >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> That's good news, thanks for doing this research! I bet there's >>>>> some confusion abotu what self-created means, but I can't think >>>>> of a better term for it really. "creation" is such a nebulous >>>>> concept for many people. >> >>>> Is "I am the sole author" more clear? >> >>> Not really, some folks think simply scanning an image makes them the >>> "sole author". (of course the scanned image is a derivative of the >>> original...) >> >> >> Despite much effort by media companies, people still don't think >> copying is inherently wrong. The internet folk cultures tend to >> settle on something sort of like CC by-nc-sa, where you count as >> "creator" of something even if the base image wasn't originally >> yours. >> >> I wonder what wording would work: >> >> "I created this from scratch" >> "I am the creator and copyright owner of the original base image" >> >> something else? >> >> "I own" is too often taken to mean "I own the book I scanned it from"
As I pointed out many hours ago, but I'm still waiting for that post to be moderated. _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
