[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Art incident

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/4/26 Anthony <wikimail at inbox.org>:
> The next time someone gets a
> letter from the WMF lawyers, they ought to know to read it carefully to
> discern whether it's a bona fide legal threat or just the WMF holding out a
> tin cup and asking for favors.

Well, they should already know that when you receive a letter from a
lawyer you hand it over to your own lawyer for advice. The law is
specifically designed so only lawyers can take part, if a layman tries
to take on a lawyer they will lose on a technicality designed for
precisely that purpose. (Me, a cynic?)