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It is rumoured that some encyclopedias give biographies of ficticious people to enforce collective copyright. This wouldn't concern you if wanted information ab
by xirium 18y ago
It is rumoured that some encyclopedias give biographies of ficticious people to enforce collective copyright. This wouldn't concern you if wanted information about a historical figure. However, it would be very problematic if you worked for a rival encyclopedia or wanted to make your own website of the encyclopedia.
- nertzy 18y agoDictionaries have long done the same thing with regard to definitions. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_trap http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_trap
- xirium 18y agoI didn't know that dictionaries also do it. Nor did I know that fake entries were also known as mountweazels (after the surname of a ficticious entry) or nihilartikels. How very cromulent ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromulent http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cromulent ).