On Dec 1, 2007 12:02 PM, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
Furthermore, I find it disingenuous that a DMCA notice (which may or may not have been sent by Durova, because nobody's willing to say anything) is not considered to be a legal threat that violates the No Legal Threats policy.
"A polite, coherent complaint in cases of copyright infringement or attacks is not a "legal threat"." [[Wikipedia:No legal threats]]
I don't agree with the policy against legal threats, so maybe I should support these strawman arguments against it, but it seems to me it is about making legal threats *on Wikipedia*, and wouldn't be applicable to a DMCA takedown notice, especially not one which is not disputed by the Foundation. The policy also states that you should not edit Wikipedia during a legal dispute "until the legal matter has been resolved", but any legal matter in this case was resolved when the email was removed.