On 12/7/05, Fastfission fastfission@gmail.com wrote:
Well and are we technically "re-publishing" each time someone opens the page in their browser?
I'm not completely clear on what the legal model is in relation to websites as printing presses, perhaps someone can point me in the right direction?
FF
It's the position of the Wikimedia team that the foundation is not "publishing" at all, ever. In fact, if you read the USA Today article closely, Seigenthaler's lawyers apparently agree with this position.
"Federal law also protects online corporations — BellSouth, AOL, MCI Wikipedia, etc. — from libel lawsuits. Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, passed in 1996, specifically states that 'no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker.'"
That's a quote from the Seigenthaler Op/Ed piece. So even he apparently agrees that Wikipedia is not a publisher.
Anthony