User talk:Filesig

Copyright complaint
Recently, you complained that List of file signatures infringed your copyright, and removed the information. We take copyright complaints very seriously at Wikipedia. However, it's difficult for us to verify your accusation when the infringed documents are paywalled; furthermore, the user you mentioned (Franz Waldmann) did not actually add as much information as you removed (presumably you misinterpreted the page history; it is rather hard to read). We do have several different processes for dealing with copyright infringements, in both formal and informal ways. I think it would be very helpful if you would go through one of the more formal processes, to help us further substantiate your claim, and police it in the future. Finally, some concerns have been expressed about this removal and the idea-expression divide -- it's been suggested that your copyright only covers your expression of this information, and not the information itself. I am not a lawyer and cannot advise you about whether this is the case, but note that our processes will have to decide this one way or the other, and the less formal ones may reach a conclusion you disagree with (of course, you can always appeal to the more formal processes if this happens). I would recommend that you and/or your lawyer review Feist v. Rural before proceeding. Thank you for your time. -- N Y  Kevin  @047, i.e. 00:07, 6 March 2012 (UTC)