[WikiEN-l] [Fwd: Deletion of our John Coleman Burroughs entry]

Fri Dec 2 13:43:38 UTC 2005

Hi!  I am forwarding your letter to the appropriate place for it to be
dealt with but wanted to add a personal note of thanks and a short
explanation of my own.

We were not accusing you or your organization of copyright infringement,
 but rather what we perceived to be an anonymous user infringing on your
copyrights.  Since the text came directly from your website, we thought
someone had simply taken it from you without your permission.  We act
swiftly in such cases to protect your rights.

Someone will contact you through the official address of the website to
confirm and then we'll be able to use your contribution.  Please do
understand, of course, that it will be edited considerably over time. :)

--Jimbo

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Deletion of our John Coleman Burroughs entry
Date: 	Fri, 2 Dec 2005 02:22:26 -0600
From: 	Bill and Sue-On Hillman <hillmans at westman.wave.ca>
To: 	<jwales at wikia.com>

I am Webmaster for the Official John Coleman Burroughs Tribute site
www.JohnColemanBurroughs.com <http://www.JohnColemanBurroughs.com>
employed by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. of Tarzana, California headed by
the son of John Coleman Burroughs -- Danton Burroughs.
I contributed a John Coleman Burroughs entry to Wikipedia months ago,
using text that I and Danton had created for the Web site.
Your editors immediately accused my of copyright infringement and have
deleted the text . . . leaving everything in limbo and giving our
organization a bad name.

Please review this situation. We would appreciate it if you have
questions as to the authenticity and legality of the submission that you
contact us.
Bill Hillman
www.JohnColemanBurroughs.com <http://www.JohnColemanBurroughs.com>
www.Tarzan.com <http://www.Tarzan.com>

Tarzan at westman.wave.ca <mailto:Tarzan at westman.wave.ca>