[Textbook-l] Anonymous contributions

Fri Aug 1 10:56:00 UTC 2003

On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Daniel Mayer wrote:

> Tomasz Wegrzanowsk wrote:
> >If it's copyrighted by anyone living in Europe, European laws apply.
> 
> All that matters to Wikimedia is what is legal to have on the server in the 
> US. When you edit on a US-based server then the laws of the US dictate what 
> is legal to have on that server. That doesn't mean you are immune to the laws 
> of your own country, but as soon as you post something to the Wikimedia 
> server then US law takes over.

Possibly not, as if the work is created by an EU citizen than EU copyright
transfer rules apply, and by international convention the US will be
required to respect the EU copyright. (i.e the transfer of copyright to a
US citizen/group would need to be done under EU law for it to be valid
in the US).

Imran
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