Wikimedia Foundation removes The Diary of Anne Frank due to copyright law requirements | February 10, 2016 | Jacob Rogers

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Summary:

"Today, in an unfortunate example of the overreach of the United States’ current copyright law, the Wikimedia Foundation removed the Dutch-language text of The Diary of a Young Girl—more commonly known in English as the Diary of Anne Frank—from Wikisource.

We took this action to comply with the United States’ Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), as we believe the diary is still under US copyright protection under the law as it is currently written. Nevertheless, our removal serves as an excellent example of why the law should be changed to prevent repeated extensions of copyright terms, an issue that has plagued our communities for years...."

Link:

https://diff.wikimedia.org/2016/02/10/anne-frank-diary-removal/

Updated:

11/29/2020, 03:43

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Tags:

oa.pd oa.books oa.usa oa.wikimedia oa.dmca oa.netherlands oa.copyright

Date tagged:

11/30/2020, 02:34

Date published:

02/10/2016, 03:43