2008/6/23 WJhonson@aol.com:
Wikipedia operates under the laws in Florida. Somewhere in the system it explicitely states that.
The Star Wars boy could only sue under two jurisdictions. Either the one where he lives, or the one where Wikipedia headquarters lives.
The wikipedia could be sued and lose anywhere in the world, it's up to the court whether they accept it. One UK company- spamhaus was hit with an $11 million award to a spammer in an American court. It turned out that they were able to ignore it, but it was a close thing.
If you report on fraud, conspiracy, rape, are you doing those actions? No you are not.
In the UK it is very normal for rape cases to have a reporting block on the victims name. And the Star Wars kid *was* a victim (not a rape victim, but still...)
Our job is to show the world as it is, not as we wish it were by hiding from it.
Outed any rape victims lately?
Nice morals.
Will Johnson