[WikiEN-l] More license stuff - Edmonton Sun

Wed Jul 9 01:55:00 UTC 2003

Stan-
> Michael Becker wrote:

>> I just realized something, a site I posted on [[Wikipedia:Press
>> coverage]] might also be breaking the GFDL.  They list some text from
>> one of our pages.  See http://cgi.canoe.ca/Columnists/diotte_jul7.html,
>> the SITE FOR SORE EYES article, which was in the Edmonton Sun.  (my
>> original link appears to no longer be valid).
>>
> That's a pretty small excerpt, looks like fair use to me.  It's
> not in Wikipedia's interest to get so prickly that reporters and
> writers deliberately avoid quoting it - or worse, that newspapers'
> and publishers' legal departments order their employees to stay
> away from Wikipedia altogether because they're tired of dealing
> with accusations of GFDL violations.

I strongly agree with this. Copyright law is not trademark law. We can be  
selective in our enforcement without losing the copyright.

Regards,

Erik