Anthony wrote: > On Sun, Apr 26, 2009 at 5:52 AM, geni wrote: > >> 2009/4/26 <[email protected]>: >> >>> I, along with seven other co-authors, write an article on say.... Cheese >>> Whiz. In the article we state that anyone may copy the article, provided >>> that >>> >>> they state where they got it from, and that the article may be copied by >>> anyone else provided that they state where they got it from... >>> >>> Can I alone bring a lawsuit against anyone else copying the article without >>> >>> stating where they got it from? Since the article is not exactly >>> *copyright* I would say it's freely licensed under one condition. Does >>> >> this really >> >>> fall under copyright law? Or would it be more in the way of a standard >>> contract? >>> >> It falls under copyright law. See Jacobsen v. Katzer. >> >> Multiple authors for the most part isn't a problem. With the possible >> exception of a few major battleground or very popular articles most >> wikipedia articles have someone who would have standing to sue. >> > In Will's example it's even easier than that, as there's no GFDL muddying > the waters, so the article is more likely a work of joint authorship, so > therefore *all* the authors have an undivided interest in the work, and > therefore standing to sue. Yes, and, absent any agreement to the contrary, any one of those same authors may grant a free licence.
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