[Wikipedia-l] Re: image copyright

[Jimmy Wales]

Anthere wrote:
> Sure, I will contact a french lawyer, pay him 2 months worth salary, for 
> him to tell me in 2 years, that though I am the owner of the copyright, 
> I can sit on it, and look at someone else claiming he is.
> 
> What are my legal rights upon contents on a website hosted in another 
> country ? They are null, and I cannot do anything.

But, I can help.  This is my job, and this is what I view to be one of
the most important roles for the Wikimedia Foundation, the defense of
the freedom of our work.

--Jimbo