Martin, I would expect the transcripts to be copyright. The case I would offer is - imagine if it was the other way round with Stephen Fry reading from JK Rowling on the radio. Fair use obviously for an abstract, but the spoken book is worth a fortune and would be IMO copyright.
Roger On 3 April 2011 10:54, Martin Poulter <[email protected]> wrote: > What's the legal position on sharing broadcast transcripts? I've > recorded a couple of recent Wikimedia-related radio interviews and > transcribed them to avoid sharing the audio. I was thinking of sharing > transcripts through this list and perhaps a press archive on the > Wikimedia UK site. My instinct is that the content of the conversation, > unlike the audio itself, is non-copyrightable, but online I've seen some > descriptions of transcripts as derivative works. I'm rather keen not to > get the chapter in trouble! > > -- > Dr Martin L Poulter ICT Manager, The Economics Network > Based at the ILRT, University of Bristol: http://www.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/ > > The full experience: http://infobomb.org/ > Wikipedia contributor: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:MartinPoulter > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org > -- Roger Bamkin (aka Victuallers)
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