[Wikipedia-l] Astrobiology encyclopedia and Wikipedia

Fri Nov 1 08:30:24 UTC 2002

The Cunctator wrote:

>On 11/1/02 3:02 AM, "Toby Bartels" <toby+wikipedia at math.ucr.edu> wrote:
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>>bob frasier wrote:
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>>>Axel Boldt wrote:
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>>>>The reason I don't consider these two concerns as big is this: if the
>>>>copyright holder ever complains, the copyright violations can always
>>>>easily be fixed in no time.
>>>>
>>>The concern comes right after you have filed the answer to the complaint in
>>>federal court or right after someone has come after money damages or seeking
>>>to shut Wikipedia down?
>>>
>>One of the benefits in the US of the DMCA (unintended, I'm sure ^_^)
>>is supposed to be that IPs have limited liability in this sort of case.
>>As long as the IP responds quickly to a request to remove material,
>>then they should be OK.  And that's exactly what we would do,
>>whether it's a matter of uploading infringing material
>>or of removing required notices from material used with permission.
>>
>The provider has limited liability, but not the website editor(s), unless
>I'm mistaken.
>
And how does that fit in with the fact that at Wikipedia we are all editors?
Eclecticology

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