Legally, Wikipedia as publisher is beyond the scope of the Canadian Criminal Code, because its servers are not in Canada. However, each editor is legally responsible for what they write, and if they are in Canada could in principle be sued or prosecuted as author of the material, and perhaps as publisher too, as this is a wiki. (Note: This is not legal advice.)
However, if the publication ban is being adhered to by others, it may mean that there is no published information that Wikipedia could refer to anyway, bearing in mind the NOR policy.
Sarah
On Apr 6, 2005 8:46 PM, AndyL andyl2004@sympatico.ca wrote:
How should Wikipedia deal with the publication ban regarding the Gomery Inquiry in Canada?
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