The same concern applies to transcripts as to translations, I believe. So you hold copyright over the *transcript* - but it is still a derivative work of the original. You can only publish the full transcript under an agreement with the original copyright holder.
User:Moonriddengirl is the one to talk to to clarify this; at the very least she will be able to point you at the right people who do know for sure. However I am confident that the above is accurate. Tom On 4 April 2011 09:56, Martin Poulter <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback, everyone. I will hold fire on posting full > transcripts since the situation is uncertain, though the summary of > "Anglo-Canadian" law shared by Tom suggests that the person who fixes > the interview in a given medium owns the copyright in that medium, so > that would imply I own the copyright in the transcript. > > Suffice to say that Rod Ward gave a really excellent interview to BBC > World Service about academic contributions to Wikpedia, and there will > be a link to the audio, and perhaps some paraphrasing, in the > newsletter. > > On Sun, 3 Apr 2011, Thomas Dalton wrote: > > > On 3 April 2011 12:58, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 3 April 2011 12:54, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> 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 > > > > -- > 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 >
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