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Zhiroc · 09-16-2007, 10:19 PM

Though you missed the mention that the original maintainer had ads on the site too. Reading on the Wiki seems to support the idea that ads were being used. There's one there now for Amazon, though maybe that could be recent due to the change of ownership.

True, but my point is that the hosting service that he used before was (presumably) just as commercial. So, does it make a difference if he paid money to that service to host the Wiki? Isn't that using the content of that Wiki to benefit a commercial enterprise? After all, if there was no Wiki, he would have no reason to pay for services.

As I understand it, Wikia does not "own" the database, since they even promised they could make a DB dump available. They are still just "hosting" it, and the contents are still owned by the contributors.

09-16-2007, 10:19 PM	#5
Zhiroc Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 92	Re: Wikia violating copyright? Though you missed the mention that the original maintainer had ads on the site too. Reading on the Wiki seems to support the idea that ads were being used. There's one there now for Amazon, though maybe that could be recent due to the change of ownership. True, but my point is that the hosting service that he used before was (presumably) just as commercial. So, does it make a difference if he paid money to that service to host the Wiki? Isn't that using the content of that Wiki to benefit a commercial enterprise? After all, if there was no Wiki, he would have no reason to pay for services. As I understand it, Wikia does not "own" the database, since they even promised they could make a DB dump available. They are still just "hosting" it, and the contents are still owned by the contributors.