On 16 April 2018 at 06:23, Rob Speer <r...@luminoso.com> wrote: > Right, this worries me too. > > I know that Wikimedia doesn't enforce the copyright on the content > themselves, because they don't hold the relevant copyrights, the authors > do. But there seems to be no guidance for what _anyone_ can do to address > and correct large-scale violations.
Because is you know enough about copyright law to be able to do anything you can already answer that question. So here goes: *1 be reasonably wealthy or otherwise have access to significant amounts of money for legal costs *2 Be American. While you can sue for copyright infringement from overseas it greatly complicates matter *3 Be prepared to use your real name. *4 Make sure you have registered your work with the U.S. Copyright Office. Not strictly required but it makes things more straightforward and allows you to go for statutory damages *5 Chose a case where you are pretty much the sole author of the article or image in question. Got all those ducks in a row? The good news is that most smaller companies will settle at the first threatening letter although you may suffer a certain amount of reputational damage from suing small businesses. If a small company decides to fight and its a fairly straightforward case you are looking at costs of over $100K. More complicated case against a big company? Millions. -- geni _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
