[WikiEN-l] Re: Copyright and Britannica Article List

Sat Jun 25 18:18:26 UTC 2005

On 6/25/05, Michael Snow <wikipedia at earthlink.net> wrote:
> And if they don't answer, but simply complain to the media instead?
> Given their regular habit of bad-mouthing us in the press, I'm not keen
> on handing them an opportunity they can spin into "Look, Wikipedia is
> blatantly copying all of our articles." With Brockhaus, where we have
> established contacts and a more amicable relationship, I might view it
> differently.

Then we point out that we asked and that they hadn't answered... we
point out that they certainly keep such lists of their competitors
internally and because of our differing development model that this
list is out nearest equivalent. We'd survive, and the press would
likely do us good.

If someone wanted to make a fuss about copyright for us there are much
better examples... There is a lot of copyvio media still on wikipedia,
and some of our editors pretty clearly disrespect copyright. 
Fortunately we're cleaning up the media ... but it takes time.