On 30/03/07, Slim Virgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
And the assets of all the individuals involved would be pursued, as would the assets of the new foundation. It would get very messy, would cost a fortune, and would go on for years if someone determined and
Um, before you speak in quite such apocalyptic terms of the legal d00m that shall rain down upon Wikimedia if it continues its present course ... has the Foundation actually spoken on the subject?
I believe the last I heard from an actual Florida lawyer on the subject was that we would most likely *not* be promptly liable in this manner. Which is why the golfer claiming defamation went after the owner of the IP the libel was posted from - he knew damn well that suing the Foundation directly would fall at the first hurdle.
If you wish to continue putting forward this view of likely legal apocalypse, please substantiate it in a manner that answers Brad's previous posting on the subject.
- d.