On 21 March 2011 10:11, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote: > What should happen here and what implications does it have for > copyright situations? Can you claim copyright on a piece of text > buried deep in page history, many months or years ago, that has since > been extensively rewritten? Does the amount of time it was visible and > published in the Wikipedia article matter (this can range from seconds > to years)? Can website E legitimately claim copyright on the text if > they are the only ones publishing it and the Wikipedia article > currently says something different? > > I think I know the answers to these questions, but am not sure, so > want to see what others think.
Copyright exists as soon as something is published in a fixed form. Which includes any given wikipedia edit. Subsequent edits have no impact on this. -- geni _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
