On 24 September 2013 17:42, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/mpaa-school-propaganda/ > > “This thinly disguised corporate propaganda is inaccurate and > inappropriate,” says Mitch Stoltz, an intellectual property attorney > with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, who reviewed the material at > WIRED’s request. > > “It suggests, falsely, that ideas are property and that building on > others’ ideas always requires permission,” Stoltz says. “The > overriding message of this curriculum is that students’ time should be > consumed not in creating but in worrying about their impact on > corporate profits.” > > > I suggest we see if WMF commenting, possibly in a blog post or > similar, would help avert such anti-sharing foolishness. > > > - d. >
Might not be a great idea Its an improvement on previous attempts (to start with It doesn't appear to violate the GFDL) and we would actually benefit from our uploaders having a working knowledge of copyright. Knowing all the exceptions is something best left to more experienced users. -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
