"Fair use" aside, the following are also interesting from a US perspective http://www.rightsofwriters.com/2011/01/who-owns-interview.htmlhttp://www.hspatentlaw.com/224901IIPjj01.pdf - they also seem to reach the conclusion that the copyright in the interview is held by the person recording it. Of course, in the case of interviews to which WMUK was a party and conducted by journos with whom we're on reasonably good terms, it might be possible to ask nicely whether it's OK to use a transcript. And failing everything, the person on the Wiki side who was interviewed can be asked to retype their answers to a similar set of questions.... Chris
---------------------------------------- > Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2011 13:14:45 +0100 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Transcripts of interviews > > On 3 April 2011 12:58, David Gerard wrote: > > On 3 April 2011 12:54, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > > >> Short extracts from the transcript might qualify as fair dealing (aka > >> fair use). Publishing the whole thing would almost certainly be a > >> copyright violation. > > > > > > I tend to assume the speaker owns their words. > > > > But this whole thread is surmise. Is there *case law*? > > I've found this discussion of Canadian law on the subject, written by > a lawyer specialising in the subject: > > http://www.entertainmentmedialawsignal.com/2011/02/articles/copyright/question-and-answer-who-owns-the-copyright-in-an-interview/ > > English and Welsh law isn't identical to Canadian law, by any means, > but it does have a lot in common with it. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list [email protected] http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
