A recent _Wired_ article put me in mind of Wikipedia's copyright paranoia: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/06/fair-use-defense/
> The lawsuit decided Monday targeted Wayne Hoehn, a Vietnam veteran who posted > all 19 paragraphs of November editorial from the Las Vegas Review-Journal, > which is owned by Stephens Media. Hoehn posted the article, and its headline, > “Public Employee Pensions: We Can’t Afford Them” on medjacksports.com to > prompt discussion about the financial affairs of the nation’s states. Hoehn > was a user of the site, not an employee. > > Righthaven sought up to $150,000, the maximum in damages allowed under the > Copyright Act. Righthaven argued that the November posting reduced the number > of eyeballs that would have visited the Review-Journal site to read the > editorial. > > “Righthaven did not present any evidence that the market for the work was > harmed by Hoehn’s noncommercial use for the 40 days it appeared on the > website. Accordingly, there is no genuine issue of material fact that Hoehn’s > use of the work was fair and summary judgment is appropriate,” Judge Pro > ruled. > > ...Judge Pro, in his fair-use analysis, also found that the posting was for > noncommercial purposes, and was part of an “online discussion.” -- gwern http://www.gwern.net _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
