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With this being a giant Doctor Who episode wiki, why doesn't anyone write transcripts for them? Like, not one. | With this being a giant Doctor Who episode wiki, why doesn't anyone write transcripts for them? Like, not one. {{unsigned|Pin Collector}} | ||
Back in my ambitious youth, when I ran organizations, people would come up to me and say "We should do such and such" and I would say "Fine. You are authorized to do it on our behalf." Usually that ended matters. | :Back in my ambitious youth, when I ran organizations, people would come up to me and say "We should do such and such" and I would say "Fine. You are authorized to do it on our behalf." Usually that ended matters. | ||
Things being equal, i would say "Go right ahead and do the transcripts." However, there are copyright issues. I'm not up on British copyright law, but a full transcript of an issue would surely exceed the "fair usage" that is the vague standard in the United States. So, don't do it. [[User:Boblipton|Boblipton]] <sup>[[User talk:Boblipton|talk to me]]</sup> 17:20, April 19, 2012 (UTC) | :Things being equal, i would say "Go right ahead and do the transcripts." However, there are copyright issues. I'm not up on British copyright law, but a full transcript of an issue would surely exceed the "fair usage" that is the vague standard in the United States. So, don't do it. [[User:Boblipton|Boblipton]] <sup>[[User talk:Boblipton|talk to me]]</sup> 17:20, April 19, 2012 (UTC) | ||
::Regardless of the legal issues, another reason is because other sites already have this area covered. There are at least two transcript sites I can think of right off the top of my head. {{user:CzechOut/Sig}} <span style="{{User:CzechOut/TimeFormat}}">17:48: Thu 19 Apr 2012 </span> |
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With this being a giant Doctor Who episode wiki, why doesn't anyone write transcripts for them? Like, not one. – The preceding unsigned comment was added by Pin Collector (talk • contribs) .
- Back in my ambitious youth, when I ran organizations, people would come up to me and say "We should do such and such" and I would say "Fine. You are authorized to do it on our behalf." Usually that ended matters.
- Things being equal, i would say "Go right ahead and do the transcripts." However, there are copyright issues. I'm not up on British copyright law, but a full transcript of an issue would surely exceed the "fair usage" that is the vague standard in the United States. So, don't do it. Boblipton talk to me 17:20, April 19, 2012 (UTC)