Mark Christensen wrote:
I was not clear. Those who wrote content would have
standing to sue, as
would Bomis, because the writers own the copyright to the texts, and Bomis
owns the copyright to the collection.
I think this is true only to the extent that someone does something
naughty with _the collection_. If Microsoft takes an individual
article from Wikipedia and modifies it and publishes it with the claim
that it is proprietary and no one can redistribute it, then I think
I'd have a hard time pressing a claim that they violated the copyright
of our collection.
So then it would be up to the individual contributors to do something
about it. Probably they could sell me the copyright for a dollar at
that time, with the understanding that I'd go after the bad people in
court. Or possibly various people who care about the project,
including me, could put together a fund to sue.
--Jimbo