On 5/4/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 04/05/07, Todd Allen toddmallen@gmail.com wrote:
Find a nice Dutch webhost? (Which given this garbage, might not be a terrible idea anyway?)
Nope: just say "Here's an encyclopedic article. They're trying to suppress this. Have a look at them SUPPRESSING a NUMBER." Instant press disaster. Same reason the RIAA backed down from suing Ed Felten.
Given the number of take down notices sent and how bullish the MPAA is being about further legal action we would expect the kind of press already if it was going to happen.
We may get crappy press about stupid vandalism to living bios, but that's completely irrelevant to this PR battle. on one side you have this (ultimately) nerdy and noble Internet encyclopedia that A THIRD OF ALL AMERICANS USE DAILY, not to mention *every* journalist I've spoken to about Wikipedia in the last year ... and on the other, you have widely despised thugs with money, trying to SUPPRESS a NUMBER.
No trying to prevent the theft of movies that threatens the livelyhood and jobs of 1000s of people who own kittens.
See Mayor Michael Bloomberg supports yh MPAA (just be careful not to say what in the press release http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=586207&category=ARTS&...
An industry that is able to hide the suck in matix reloaded is unlikely to have significant problems outspinning us.
The people posting to this list with the apparent impression that a DMCA notice sent to Wikimedia about the key would cause the site to be switched off an hour later or sent broke ... are being ridiculous. Completely and utterly clueless about how these things work in practice. If you feel I'm being unfair to you in saying that, please detail your experience, 'cos I bet I have way more than you do.
Foundation would take down the code. If it didn't MPAA would be left with the option of appearing completely toothless or fighting in court. Yes it would take a few months and the sale of the wikipedia domain would probably cover the eventual judgement but the damage done would be significant.