Guy Chapman aka JzG wrote:
On Mon, 9 Apr 2007 08:03:09 -0400, Anthony wrote:
I'd say there's probably a large degree of
philosophical opposition to
the idea of copyright over a collection of 4 groups of 20 or so names
of cars - not as much over the idea of copyright itself.
You think. I think it's reasonable to assert that a list which is
compiled according to novel criteria is itself subject to copyright. I
have no problem with examples from each category, the entire list I
find problematic.
As I suggested before, if it's possible to devise a category that would
produce the same results as the list, we should be safe. This does not
mean that we have to create the category; it should be enough that we can.
If you really
want to exclude absolutely all copyrighted materials
from all articles, lest a lawyer goes through and gives a professional
opinion on whether or not the article is
infringing, most articles on
TV series would be decimated.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyrights suggests that we
already have such a policy.
I see nothing in there about lists of the kind we are discussing.
Ec