[Wikipedia-l] Re: Collection copyright

Thu May 2 23:16:23 UTC 2002

[about collection copyrights:]

>There's a little more to it than that: copyrights apply to "creative
>expression", and "selection" of what to present is a creative act
>specifically recognized (see Feist v. Rural).  

Ok, but neither Bomis nor anybody else can claim a collection
copyright over Wikipedia in this sense, since nobody, and certainly
not Bomis, actively selects articles for presentation in a manner that
could be called creative expression. Or maybe: we all own tiny bits of
the collection copyright in this sense, since we all occasionly reject
articles. 

Axel