<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;"><br> Ontem mesmo mandei um e-mail de protesto à Internet Watch Foundation (IWF). Foi apenas um pequenino e-mail, mas provavelmente se juntou à avalanche de protestos que eles estão recebendo.<br><br> É interessante ver que, mesmo retirando da lista negra o artigo em questão, a IWF insiste na interpretação de que a imagem é imprória ("the image in question is potentially in breach of the Protection of Children Act 1978"), conforme <a href="http://www.iwf.org.uk/media/news.251.htm">nota</a> divulgada hoje.<br><br> A IWF fez um <span style="font-style: italic;">mea culpa</span> parcial: reverteu a censura, mas insistiu na impropriedade da foto. Disse que, nos casos em que essa imagem estiver
hospedada fora do Reino Unido, não vai adicioná-los à lista negra, mas que, do contrário, estando sob jurisdição britânica, a IWF pode adotar os procedimentos normais (e assim adicionar à lista negra os arquivos que estiverem no RU).<br><br> Por causa dessas manifestações dúbias e incoerentes, na <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Virgin_Killer">discussão</a> do artigo aparecem várias dúvidas e críticas à IWF. Alguns disseram que, considerando a foto imprópria, não haveria fundamento legal para a IWF retirar a Wikipédia da lista negra. A IWF deveria reconsiderar a classificação da imagem para então desfazer a censura. Outros questionam o poder de uma entidade privada realizar uma função pública (regular a liberdade de informação) e determinar o que os britânicos podem acessar ou deixar de acessar.<br><br> Está interessante. É um bom caso para sentirmos o peso da marca Wikipédia e
para sentirmos também como a própria Wikipédia (incluindo a Wikimedia Foundation) reage.<br><br> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Joaquim Mariano da Costa Neto</span><br><br><br></div><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">De:</span></b> Thomas de Souza Buckup <thomasdesouzabuckup@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Para:</span></b> Mailing list do Capítulo brasileiro da Wikimedia. <wikimediabr-l@lists.wikimedia.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Enviadas:</span></b> Terça-feira, 9 de Dezembro de 2008 22:07:03<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Assunto:</span></b> [Wikimedia Brasil] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation applauds IWF decision to reverse Wikipedia censorship in
the United Kingdom<br></font><br>Para conhecimento geral....<br><br>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Jay Walsh</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org">jwalsh@wikimedia.org</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 10:01 PM<br>
Subject: [Foundation-l] Wikimedia Foundation applauds IWF decision to reverse Wikipedia censorship in the United Kingdom<br>To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org">foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org</a>><br>
<br><br>We're quite pleased to share this information with you. This press<br>release was distributed a few hours ago - we now have the news posted<br>on the WMF wiki and we've updated the blog.<br><br>Thanks are owed to many volunteers who spoke to the media and spread<br>
the word about this situation, as well as those who have been working<br>on these and similar issues for quite some time. Thank you for<br>helping to make this possible!<br><br>Best,<br><br>--<br>Jay Walsh<br>Head of Communications<br>
WikimediaFoundation.org<br>+1 (415) 839 6885 x 609<br><br><br>><br>> 'Wikimedia Foundation applauds IWF decision to reverse Wikipedia<br>> censorship in the United Kingdom'<br>> Removal from Internet blacklist will also allow UK Wikipedians to<br>
> resume editing<br>><br>> San Francisco CA, December 9 - Earlier today the Internet Watch<br>> Foundation (IWF), a non-profit agency tasked with preventing access<br>> to potentially illegal internet content, reversed its ruling earlier<br>
> this week that prevented over 95% of UK internet users from<br>> accessing an article about an album by a German rock band, The<br>> Scorpions. As a result, UK Wikipedia users were unable to access all<br>> of the editing functions on Wikipedia. With this decision, the IWF<br>
> has removed Wikipedia from its internet 'blacklist.'<br>><br>> "We are grateful to the IWF for making this swift decision, and to<br>> thousands of internet users from around the world for their<br>
> outpouring of support," said Sue Gardner, Executive Director of the<br>> Wikimedia Foundation. "Millions of Britons now have access to all of<br>> Wikipedia, and volunteers can resume their important editing work.<br>
> The Wikimedia Foundation greatly admires the work of our volunteers<br>> - they care deeply about Wikipedia and are the first responders in<br>> dealing with potentially illegal content on Wikipedia." Gardner<br>
> added that both the Foundation and its community of users "work hard<br>> to be responsive and responsible when it comes to legitimate legal<br>> concerns."<br>><br>> Mike Godwin, General Counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation stated:<br>
> "We recognize the good intentions of Internet watch groups,<br>> including their focus on blocking and discouraging illegal content.<br>> Nevertheless, this incident underscores the need for transparency<br>
> and accountability in the processes of the Internet Watch Foundation<br>> and similar bodies around the world."<br>><br>> Added Godwin, "In the long run, monitoring groups need to develop a<br>> public set of 'best practices.' These best practices should, at a<br>
> minimum, decrease the impact on content found to be lawful,<br>> acknowledge the context in which the content at issue occurs, and be<br>> maximally transparent both to service providers and to individual<br>> users. There should be no false or misleading error messages when<br>
> online censorship does occur."<br>><br>> The Wikimedia Foundation had criticized the the lack of transparency<br>> in the IWF's decision making and appeal process, as well as the<br>> suspension of editing functions that resulted following the<br>
> censorship. UK Wikipedia editors account for over 25% of all editing<br>> activity on the English Wikipedia.<br>><br>> The Wikimedia Foundation is open to dialog on these issues with the<br>> IWF and other Internet watch groups.<br>
><br>> Wikipedia, the fourth most-visited website in the world, is funded<br>> in large part by donations from its users. The Wikimedia Foundation<br>> is in the midst of its fifth global giving campaign. For more<br>
> information, visit <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://donate.wikimedia.org/">http://donate.wikimedia.org</a><br>><br>><br>> 'About the Wikimedia Foundation and Wikipedia'<br>> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wikimediafoundation.org/">wikimediafoundation.org</a><br>
> <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://wikipedia.org/">wikipedia.org</a><br>><br>> The Wikimedia Foundation is the non-profit organization which<br>> operates Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. According to comScore,<br>
> Wikipedia and the other projects operated by the Wikimedia<br>> Foundation receive more than 270 million unique visitors per month,<br>> making them the 4th most popular web property world-wide. Available<br>> in more than 265 languages, Wikipedia provides more than 11 million<br>
> articles contributed by a global volunteer community of more than<br>> 100,000 people. Based in San Francisco, California, the Wikimedia<br>> Foundation is an audited, 501(c)(3) charity that is funded primarily<br>
> through donations and grants.<br>><br>> ---<br>><br>> For more information, contact:<br>><br>> Jay Walsh<br>> Head of Communications<br>> Wikimedia Foundation<br>> <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:jwalsh@wikimedia.org">jwalsh@wikimedia.org</a><br>
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