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Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by cookiecaper on Monday January 04, 2016 @07:58PM (#10840158)
Yeah, but it's a relatively safe bet that an organization would rather be represented by their own carefully-reviewed, professionally-crafted verbiage than one hastily thrown together by a volunteer editor, and thus would not pursue action against the publisher.

I'm not saying that Wikipedia should use content without the appropriate licensure, but in practice, copyright is violated as a matter of routine to provide some fairly basic services. Copyright law should be amended to prevent liability for conventional uses.

Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by stouset on Monday January 04, 2016 @08:55PM (#10840422)
Multiply that "relatively safe bet" times the millions of times this would happen if Wikipedia relaxed their stance.
Re:Wi-Fi Alliance introduces low power, long range Wi-Fi HaLow by cookiecaper on Tuesday January 05, 2016 @02:09AM (#10841769)
Like I said, I don't think it'd be a good idea for Wikipedia to start copying and pasting from random websites without the appropriate clearances. I do think it'd be a good idea to revise the law so that normal uses are not illegal anymore.