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Wikipedia Threatens Artists for Fair Use | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Commentary by Corynne McSherry Can a noncommercial critical website use the trademark of the entity it critiques in its domain name? Surprisingly, it appears that the usually open-minded folks at Wikipedia think not. Last February, a pair of artists, working with several collaborators, created a ...
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Wikipedia Threatens Artists Over Domain Name Of Art Project Involving Wikipedia
Techdirt — ... Both the EFF and Paul Levy (who has agreed to represent Wikipedia Art) have alerted us to the news that Wikipedia is demanding the artists hand over their domain by threatening legal action. As the EFF and Levy point out, this is a rather surprising move by the Wikipedia foundation, who should know better than to make a bogus demand on a URL just because it includes Wikipedia's name in it: ...

Wikipedia Founder Slams Wikipedia Art
WebProNews Feed — ... Although, Isenberg’s letter sounded enough like a threat to Kildall seek legal counsel, and his counsel seems to have agreed it sounded like a threat, and a lawyers from PublicCitizen and the EFF thought it sounded like a threat, both Isenberg in a later letter, and Wales himself, in a statement to WebProNews, say it was not actually a threat. ...

Wikipedia Founder Slams Wikipedia Art
WebProNews Feed — ... Although Isenberg’s letter sounded enough like a threat to Kildall to seek legal counsel, and his counsel seems to have agreed it sounded like a threat, and a lawyers from PublicCitizen and the EFF thought it sounded like a threat, both Isenberg in a later letter, and Wales himself, in a statement to WebProNews, say it was not actually a threat. ...

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