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21 May 6:30 pm
... to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Here is the WikiFoundation site explanation for the change: The Wikimedia
Foundation (WMF) has proposed that the copyright licensing terms on the wikis operated by the WMF - including Wikipedia - be ... shift and
indicates that CC may be better for sharing content. Perhaps just as interesting is the process behind the change. The Foundation aired the
topic for some time and took a vote. For "Yes, I am in favor of this change" there were ...
21 May 6:29 pm
... to the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License. Here is the WikiFoundation site explanation for the change: The Wikimedia
Foundation (WMF) has proposed that the copyright licensing terms on the wikis operated by the WMF - including Wikipedia - be ... shift and
indicates that CC may be better for sharing content. Perhaps just as interesting is the process behind the change. The Foundation aired the
topic for some time and took a vote. For "Yes, I am in favor of this change" there were ...
2 Sep 9:25 am
This won't surprise anybody who actually pays attention to the climate of the editing discussions on many wikipedia pages. This blog post notes: According to the The Wall Street
Journal, the survey took place in November of last year, with results being presented last week at a conference in Buenos Aires. A total of 53,888 respondents indicated that they were
Wikipedia contributors, but only 6,814 of them were women. The research also showed that women are less likely to read articles as well, ...
4 Dec, 2008 12:05 pm
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit entity behind the immensely popular Wikipedia, just announced
a new project that is meant to make it a lot easier for inexperienced authors to contribute articles and edits to the project. To do this, the Wikimedia Foundation just received a $890,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation. The project will focus [...]
4 Jun, 2008 3:13 pm
Image via Wikipedia According Lois Watson, of the New Zealand Sunday Star Times, reports about XL Results Foundation that "Allegations of
unfair conduct and misrepresentation from dozens of disgruntled clients on two continents did not stop a self-styled " ... claims to connect more than one million entrepreneurs and
business professionals worldwide." Robert Hall and his Foundation XL Results are also featured on the website businesses from hell. Robert says
this is all a big mistake, and the work ...
4 Jul, 2008 12:33 am
Image via Wikipedia I am a big sucker for Donald Trump's Apprentice show, as I have talked about before. There is something about the "game" that attracts my attention, even though I a
bit puzzled why Trump appears to shill for ACN. Why no videos are allowed of the Donald promoting a silly VOIP product that is outdated. It appears that Roger Hamilton has studied these
clips, and passes himself off as the next wealth generator. "Mr Roger Hamilton based in Bali will be holding networking events ...
30 Mar, 2007 5:30 am
... or part-time position, and eithertelecommuting or office-based. Please apply with CV or resume attached tojobs AT wikimedia.org with
subject line "Legal Coordinator".Application deadline: 7th of aprilAll candidates will be notified of ... make occasional travel to St. Petersburg,-- Florida and to other meetings as
needed Strong commitment toorganizational values of the Wikimedia Foundation-- Strong communication
skills-- Familiarity with the variety of legal issues facing the Wikimedia-- Foundation ...
24 Apr 2:47 am
... "EFF's description of events is somewhat incomplete at best," and points to a post by Mike Godwin, General Counsel of Wikimedia
Foundation, that explains that Wikipedia's only concern was that wikipediaart.org would be mistaken by visitors as a site ... ." Accordingly, I
think it would be helpful to draw your attention to a recent domain name dispute between Wikimedia and the registrant of the domain name
<visualwikipedia.com>. The registrant of that domain name was using it in connection with ...
19 Jul 10:29 am
... digitisation exercise, and placed high-definition versions of their pictures in a database locked with technological protection measures. Derrick Coetzee, a volunteer for the
Wikimedia Foundation, accessed the database, circumvented the protection, and uploaded 3,300 NPG
pictures to Wikimedia Commons. The original portraits are in the public domain, so it would be a fair assumption that pictures of the originals
would not have copyright either. ...
4 Sep, 2006 7:35 pm
... Here's why? However, the Trademark Examining Attorneys will continue to cite the free on-line encylopedia. Wikipedia is hosted by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization that also hosts a range of other projects: Wiktionary Dictionary and
thesaurus Wikinews Free-content ... Free textbooks and manuals Wikispecies Directory of species Wikisource Free-content library Wikiversity Free learning materials and activities
Commons Shared media repository Meta-Wiki Wikimedia project coordination
27 May, 2006 4:01 pm
... 2006 Wikimedia Conference ("Wikimania 06" August 4th-6th). Wikimania 06 is the second international conference organized by the
Wikimedia Foundation. It is the main forum for new media professionals and academics focused on the
issues and challenges confronting wiki ... first wiki), Richard Stallman (founder of the free software movement, the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation). Sponsors of the event included Answers.com, SocialText, Sun Microsystems, DocCheck and Logos Group. This year ...
6 May, 2008 6:12 pm
... that we will demonstrate that to the court," said Mike Godwin, general counsel at Wikipedia's parent company, the Wikimedia Foundation. The case stems from a 2006 article about Bauer's company, the Barbara Bauer Literary Agency. She alleged in her ... to Eric Goldman, director of
the High Tech Law Institute at Santa Clara University. "There is no doubt that Wikimedia qualifies for (immunity) for any claims based on user
submissions or edits to Wikipedia, and I would expect any associated lawsuit ...
22 May 8:46 am
... judge heard closing arguments on the hearing and did not issue a ruling. That will be handed down at a later date. 3: Wikimedia
Foundation to Add Creative Commons License for All Content Finally today, The Wikimedia
Foundation, which includes ... content, which could have hindered many uses of the work. This change was made possible in November of 2008 when
the Free Software Foundation updated the GFDL license to allow double licensing and portability. This decision has not been approved by the ...
2 Apr 12:00 pm
... , Computer and Communications Industry Association, Consumer Electronics Association, Consumers Union, EDUCAUSE, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Entertainment Consumers Association, Essential Action, Home Recording Rights Coalition, Internet Archive, Knowledge Ecology International,
NetCoalition, Public Knowledge, Special Libraries Association. U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Wikimedia Foundation. Photo: jurvetson See Also: Obama Administration Declares Proposed IP Treaty a 'National ... ...
1 Dec, 2007 9:10 am
... Jimmy announces, the Wikimedia Foundation Board has agreed with a proposal made by the Free
Software Foundation that will permit Wikipedia (and other such wikis) to relicense under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
That is very different from ... this move to compatible freedoms. And if they do, we are looking forward to an extraordinary celebration. Read the Wikimedia Foundation resolution here. My endless thanks to everyone who has helped make this possible, from Richard
Stallman ...
3 Aug, 2006 11:05 am
... our upcoming lecture this Friday at Harvard Law School (home of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society), as featured guests at the 2006 Wikimedia Conference ("Wikimania 06" August 4th-6th). Wikimania 06 is the second international conference organized by the Wikimedia Foundation. It is the main forum for new media professionals and academics focused on the issues and
challenges confronting wiki and open source technologies. ...
13 Aug, 2008 5:41 pm
... judge has dismissed baseless defamation claims against the operator of Wikipedia. In a recent ruling, the judge correctly found that federal law immunizes the Wikimedia Foundation from liability for statements made by its users. This case began when literary agent Barbara
Bauer sued Wikimedia, claiming the organization was liable for statements identifying her as one of the "dumbest of the twenty worst" agents
and that she had "no ...
12 Dec, 2008 3:45 pm
... or infringing of IP or whatever. The question is how best to manage this to minimize over-broad restrictions. He also points out that it is hypocritical of Wikimedia Foundation to criticise British censorship when the principal harmful effect of that censorship is caused
by Wikimedia's own measures to censor its editors. So: is he right? One of his points is that the British government made it clear that if the
ISPs did not get ...
1 May 10:00 am
... tirade might violate 512(f): Brave New Media v Weiner (Technology & Marketing Law Blog) Warner Music - Warner Music hits Lessig video with DMCA takedown (Ars Technica)
Wikimedia Foundation - Wikipedia Art dispute pits artists against Wikimedia Foundation (Ars Technica) US Trade Marks - Decisions District Court Massachusetts: 'little question that
the purchase of a trademarked keyword to trigger sponsored links constitutes "use" within the meaning of the ...
13 Nov 8:23 am
... report, two German nationals who were convicted of murder and have served their prison terms have sued the Wikimedia Foundation to have their names expunged from the English language version of an article on Wikipedia relating to the victim. The ... to the last, it is
difficult to see how the foreign lawsuit will provide any meaningful remedy for the plaintiffs in this case. The Wikimedia Foundation does not appear to have any assets in Germany. More importantly, it will be practically impossible ...
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