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Meta Discussion: Edit history from Stack Exchange not imported - copyright problem?

I noticed that only the last edit from Stack Exchange is imported, and attributed as a whole to the original poster. I think this is problematic from a copyright point of view, since if other peop...

1 answer  ·  posted 5y ago by celtschk‭  ·  edited 5y ago by System‭

#4: Post edited by user avatar celtschk‭ · 2019-12-15T08:23:37Z (almost 5 years ago)
  • I noticed that only the last edit from Stack Exchange is imported, and attributed as a whole to the original poster.
  • I think this is problematic from a copyright point of view, since if other people have made substantial edits to a post, they may also hold a valid copyright at parts of a post.
  • I don't know if such substantial edits actually happened on writing, but I think it is at least a latent risk.
  • **Edit:**
  • I also just noticed that there's apparently also no way to find out *what* was changed in an edit. I hope it's at least stored somewhere on the server, or else someone with bad intentions could cause *a lot* of legal trouble.
  • I noticed that only the last edit from Stack Exchange is imported, and attributed as a whole to the original poster.
  • I think this is problematic from a copyright point of view, since if other people have made substantial edits to a post, they may also hold a valid copyright at parts of a post.
  • I don't know if such substantial edits actually happened on writing, but I think it is at least a latent risk.
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  • Found the edit data — the interface is just not very discoverablle
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#3: Post edited by user avatar celtschk‭ · 2019-12-15T08:21:32Z (almost 5 years ago)
  • I noticed that only the last edit from Stack Exchange is imported, and attributed as a whole to the original poster.
  • I think this is problematic from a copyright point of view, since if other people have made substantial edits to a post, they may also hold a valid copyright at parts of a post.
  • I don't know if such substantial edits actually happened on writing, but I think it is at least a latent risk.
  • I noticed that only the last edit from Stack Exchange is imported, and attributed as a whole to the original poster.
  • I think this is problematic from a copyright point of view, since if other people have made substantial edits to a post, they may also hold a valid copyright at parts of a post.
  • I don't know if such substantial edits actually happened on writing, but I think it is at least a latent risk.
  • **Edit:**
  • I also just noticed that there's apparently also no way to find out *what* was changed in an edit. I hope it's at least stored somewhere on the server, or else someone with bad intentions could cause *a lot* of legal trouble.
#2: Post edited by user avatar celtschk‭ · 2019-12-15T08:14:33Z (almost 5 years ago)
#1: Initial revision by user avatar celtschk‭ · 2019-12-14T21:37:10Z (almost 5 years ago)
I noticed that only the last edit from Stack Exchange is imported, and attributed as a whole to the original poster.

I think this is problematic from a copyright point of view, since if other people have made substantial edits to a post, they may also hold a valid copyright at parts of a post.

I don't know if such substantial edits actually happened on writing, but I think it is at least a latent risk.