Forum:All rights reserved

What does «WikiaSM is the intellectual property of Wikia, Inc. All rights reserved» mean?. This message appears at the bottom of any page. The contents of the articles are under the GNU FDL, but this message seems like Wikia has all the rights of the articles content too, and that's not true, I think. This is what English wikipedia says: The copyright of the content belongs to the author(s) of the content. Maybe it is an ambiguous interpretation, but could it be possible to disambiguate this expression?

PD: What about the disclaimers link? Sorry about my poor English. --Ciencia Al Poder ¿Algo que decir? 12:13, 9 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Right now, I'm thinking the the SM should have been a TM. Meaning the Wikia Trademark is the intellection property of Wikia Inc. Which would have nothing to do with the content of the actual articles. --Kirk 21:23, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
 * "SM" is service mark. As far as I can understand, that mean all services (hosting, domain, transfer, MediaWiki support and tech support, maybe GoogleAds) are copyrighted to Wikia. This info is given to avoid confusion, when people are thinking that all they find on Wikia is licensed under GFDL. So they need to find difference beetwen content and all the other parts of everything they finding here. Szoferka 12:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)


 * The "SM" just refers to the "mark", that is the name "Wikia". It's the same as "trademark" effectively, but it relates to companies that provide a service rather than a trade.  But the important part is that it doesn't mean anything in relation to the content, it's just about protecting the use of the name "Wikia" -- sannse (talk) 21:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)


 * I propose using a message like this to be clearer:

Wikia is a service mark of Wikia, Inc.
 * --Rezyk 22:00, 15 December 2006 (UTC)