wikipedia legal issues?

[Alex]

just wondering about the legality of this... i'm making a small personal music website and i wanted to include some artist bios and discographies etc... all of this info is already available on wikipedia so can I just copy it and state the source on my site? should i just link to it? open the wikipedia page in a frame inside my site? should i just write up my own?

thanks!!

 

[narzy]

as long as anything on your site can be used under the CCL OR you credit the source and state that material under the CCL, but again I am talking out my ass, you could ask them.

 

[Alex]

thx!! i hope it turns out to be something simple like that...

 

[Spacehead]

Wikipedia:Copyrights

 

[Injury]

If you have to ask, it's probably against copyright.

You're better off rewriting it in your own words and adding in some additional googled info.

Or just link to the damn wiki article.

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: Injury
If you have to ask, it's probably against copyright.

You're better off rewriting it in your own words and adding in some additional googled info.

Or just link to the damn wiki article.

??? Wikipedia is the OSS of the information world, it's whole purpose to the free spread of information...

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Injury
If you have to ask, it's probably against copyright.

You're better off rewriting it in your own words and adding in some additional googled info.

Or just link to the damn wiki article.

??? Wikipedia is the OSS of the information world, it's whole purpose to the free spread of information...

but i guess if you just copy it in your own site it kinda looks like its your information when really you just borrowed it from another place... so i gotta read that article but definitely be crediting them if i use ant of their info

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Injury
If you have to ask, it's probably against copyright.

You're better off rewriting it in your own words and adding in some additional googled info.

Or just link to the damn wiki article.

??? Wikipedia is the OSS of the information world, it's whole purpose to the free spread of information...

... and it doesn't matter where you get it from, using someone else's words is copyright unless you have permission to do so.

My first statement comes as a general rule, not just in regards to wikipedia.

After having read the actual wiki liscensing, you still can't just simply put the text on your page and call it even. I didn't get into the specifics and break things down, but it looks like you must make the text you quote editable/keep it up with the wiki article, and give links back to the wiki you got it from... which is why I say it's easier to just link to the wiki.

If it's for school purposes, it's plagarism regardless of copyright law.

 

[illusion88]

The license Wikipedia uses grants free access to our content in the same sense as free software is licensed freely. This principle is known as copyleft. That is to say, Wikipedia content can be copied, modified, and redistributed so long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the Wikipedia article used (a direct link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement). Wikipedia articles therefore will remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to ensure that freedom.

 

[SmoochyTX]

From the above Wiki Copyright link:

That is to say, Wikipedia content can be copied, modified, and redistributed so long as the new version grants the same freedoms to others and acknowledges the authors of the Wikipedia article used (a direct link back to the article satisfies our author credit requirement). Wikipedia articles therefore will remain free forever and can be used by anybody subject to certain restrictions, most of which serve to ensure that freedom.

ETA - Dammit! Illusion88 beat me to it! :beer:

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Spacehead
Wikipedia:Copyrights

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[imported_Baloo]

Originally posted by: Injury

Originally posted by: DaiShan

Originally posted by: Injury
If you have to ask, it's probably against copyright.

You're better off rewriting it in your own words and adding in some additional googled info.

Or just link to the damn wiki article.

??? Wikipedia is the OSS of the information world, it's whole purpose to the free spread of information...

... and it doesn't matter where you get it from, using someone else's words is copyright unless you have permission to do so.

My first statement comes as a general rule, not just in regards to wikipedia.

After having read the actual wiki liscensing, you still can't just simply put the text on your page and call it even. I didn't get into the specifics and break things down, but it looks like you must make the text you quote editable/keep it up with the wiki article, and give links back to the wiki you got it from... which is why I say it's easier to just link to the wiki.

If it's for school purposes, it's plagarism regardless of copyright law.

Naw, that's now what wiki says, read the post following yours.