Hi All,

As you know, we monitor legal developments across the world that could affect WMF projects. In Equustek, the Supreme Court of Canada is currently considering Google’s appeal of a Canadian court order that would require Google to remove from all Google domains links to websites selling products that allegedly infringe upon Equustek's intellectual property rights.[1]

We believe that upholding such a broad order (and its extraterritorial application to all Google domains) could persuade courts in other countries that local court orders to remove Internet content should apply globally by default. We have the opportunity to intervene in the case pending before the Canadian Supreme Court and would like to take that opportunity to explain to the court how this case could threaten Wikimedia projects, free expression, and access to knowledge. Parties like the Electronic Frontier Foundation have been involved in the case, and are also expected to intervene. We would like to hear your thoughts on the case and the potential intervention.

Best,

Jan

[1] http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/google-appeal-of-worldwide-injunction-headed-to-supreme-court-1.3453653


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Jan Gerlach
Public Policy Manager
Wikimedia Foundation
149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
jgerlach@wikimedia.orgP

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