On 3/29/07, Slim Virgin slimvirgin@gmail.com wrote:
On 3/29/07, Bryan Derksen bryan.derksen@shaw.ca wrote:
Slim Virgin wrote:
We're going to have more than a major hole in our coverage if we lose
a lawsuit.
Why? Aside from requiring us to take down whatever libelous misinformation we lost the case over (which we would want to do _anyway_), what limitation would it put on Wikipedia's coverage?
If someone with money were to sue Wikipedia for having damaged him -- or were to finance a lawsuit brought by someone else -- it could end up costing a great deal because of the global distribution of the content, and perhaps also because we've not shown ourselves to be deadly serious about getting rid of defamation. Unlike news organizations Wikipedia has no libel insurance so it could put us out of business.
Safe harbor, as long as we take it down. ~~~~