[WikiEN-l] ArbCom Legislation

[Ian Woollard]

2008/6/23  <WJhonson at aol.com>:
> Wikipedia operates under the laws in Florida.  Somewhere
> in the system  it explicitely states that.
>
> The Star Wars boy could only sue under two jurisdictions.
> Either the  one where he lives, or the one where Wikipedia
> headquarters lives.

The wikipedia could be sued and lose anywhere in the world, it's up to
the court whether they accept it. One UK company- spamhaus was hit
with an $11 million award to a spammer in an American court. It turned
out that they were able to ignore it, but it was a close thing.

> If you report on fraud, conspiracy, rape, are you doing those
> actions? No you are not.

In the UK it is very normal for rape cases to have a reporting block
on the victims name. And the Star Wars kid *was* a victim (not a rape
victim, but still...)

> Our job is to show the world as it is,  not
> as we wish it were by hiding from it.

Outed any rape victims lately?

Nice morals.

> Will Johnson

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-Ian Woollard

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