Anthony wrote:
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.
A no-legal-threats policy makes sense if it is meant to deal with intimidation or extortion.
The actual takedown does not resolve the case; it only puts it under the carpet.
Ec