On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:21 AM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23 May 2012 08:16, geni <geni...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 23 May 2012 01:37, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> People dont care about Sonny Bono, so it wont get any prominence. > >> Most people dont care about copyright. Most people do have kids and > >> do know who Mickey Mouse is. Tar Mickey Mouse with the actions of his > >> protectors and the world will listen. > > > However for most of the world their copyright terms are as they are > > for other reasons. > > > That is, of course, not the case: the US raises the term then works > very hard to get its copyright laws "harmonised" internationally. So > that is actually the reason. > > > - d. > > Non-sarcastic reply, it's not about the US or harmony. It's about understanding, and the expectations of understanding international copyright law through the web is a high specialized skill not even really developed. We have regular copyright complaints to Wikimedia sites from people that lack a general understanding of the national and international copyright rights. Often times these are questions that no lawyer I know can genuinely answer, because there isn't one for their particular country. We just have to wing it and explain what we know. -- ~Keegan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
