[WikiEN-l] Missed Opportunities to have avoided the Durova Case

[jayjg]

On Nov 28, 2007 10:33 AM, Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> As far as I'm aware Durova's email containing the evidence that was used
> >> as the basis for blocking !! is still thoroughly oversighted and
> >> expunged from Wikipedia. It's silly that I actually had to go to
> >> Wikitruth to find a copy of it.
>
> >Apparently Wikipedia's lawyer thinks that copyright law trumps your curiosity.
>
> Yeah, ya really have to defer to the foundation lawyers on these kinds
> of things.  If they've said copyright means it can't go up, that's the
> answer.
>
> (Of course--  I often see it asked why we would ever need to like to a
> site like WikiTruth--  this case has shown us yet another answer, as
> this valuable discussion would not have been possible with such links.
>  )

What specific value did the contents of that e-mail add to this discussion?