I was not aggresive, but "sarcastic". But obviously, there are reasons for being furious.
2011/10/1 KIZU Naoko <aph...@gmail.com> > Claiming copyright for religious works in use works also defense for > possible alteration the original publisher or editor may regard as > heretical. The similar happens in academia too. I know a certain > online text database based on a scanned PD works, but the publisher (a > certain academic society) denied even to put online publicly, they > claimed "otherwise the data would be erroneously changed, we'll send a > set of disks upon request for free, so everyone who needs can get the > data. It's the best way for our interest to keep the criticized text > in an appropriate level, avoid any corruption." There' a lot of this > kind anecdotes, I guess? > > Be relaxed, you have not to be so hostile, Emijrp. While we don't > agree with them in this point (firmly), we can still be polite and > they wouldn't disagree we share an ultimate goal to let the world > share the knowledge. As Liam suggested. On the other hand we should > understand they have their own revenue system - their own ecosystem > which has been built perhaps for centuries, so that we should have > them understand we don't want them to survive by exploring free access > and rather we would like them to cooperate and cohabit. > > It'll sure take a time, but I hope we go forward our mission without > being unnecessarily aggressive. > > Cheers, > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:42 PM, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 5:55 AM, Chris Keating > > <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Finally, the Dead Sea Scrolls[1] have copyright[2]. Courtesy of The > Israel > >>> Museum. Congratulations. > >> > >> > >> If the Dead Sea Scrolls were divinely inspired, like other Biblical > texts, > >> then there is an argument that the author is still alive.... ;-) > >> > >> (c) God, 2011 > > > > ;-) > > > > Are there any jurisdictions where a religious texts have been refused > > a copyright for reason of being divine? > > > > There are a few legal cases about copyright of religious texts where > > the copyright has been given to the 'medium' / 'channeler'. > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_on_religious_works > > > > And there is the crown hold copyright on KJV, in perpetuity. > > As commentary, I'd like to add they put the Book of Common Prayer > under the crown hold copyright too, but also they haven't done so on > drafts, so that ongoing drat of BCP has been freely circulated and > could be discussed. > > > > -- > > John Vandenberg > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > > > -- > KIZU Naoko / 木津尚子 > member of Wikimedians in Kansai / 関西ウィキメディアユーザ会 > http://kansai.wikimedia.jp > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l