http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/wikipedia-wins-dismissal-baseless-defam...
Section 230 immunity holds.
- d.
I could be mistaken, but I believe this is the first s230 case I'm aware of which specifically references Wikipedia?
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Luna lunasantin@gmail.com wrote:
I could be mistaken, but I believe this is the first s230 case I'm aware of which specifically references Wikipedia?
I was wondering the same thing. Unlike Fuzzy Zoeller where individual editors were sued, this seems to be the first time a case against the WMF has come to trial, and therefore the first time the application of s. 230 to Wikipedia has been tested in court.
2008/8/13 Sam Blacketer sam.blacketer@googlemail.com:
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Luna lunasantin@gmail.com wrote:
I could be mistaken, but I believe this is the first s230 case I'm aware of which specifically references Wikipedia?
I was wondering the same thing. Unlike Fuzzy Zoeller where individual editors were sued, this seems to be the first time a case against the WMF has come to trial, and therefore the first time the application of s. 230 to Wikipedia has been tested in court.
I just asked Mike Godwin, this is the first s230 case involving Wikpedia. Fuzzy Zoeller didn't even try to sue Wikipedia, he went straight to the person he believed was defaming him (or the business that had the IP).
- d.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 12:13 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/08/wikipedia-wins-dismissal-baseless-defam...
Section 230 immunity holds.
And since she's now even more notable than ever due to the lawsuit, does this mean [[Barbara Bauer]] can be recreated?
- Joe
2008/8/13 Joe Szilagyi szilagyi@gmail.com:
And since she's now even more notable than ever due to the lawsuit, does this mean [[Barbara Bauer]] can be recreated?
Nothing really to say about her. She's a literary agent who some of the Si-Fi community don't like very much. Trying to take wikimedia to court doesn't make you notable. Various people have tried to take various online services to court and run into sec230. I don't think we have articles on most of them.
On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 3:52 PM, geni geniice@gmail.com wrote:
2008/8/13 Joe Szilagyi szilagyi@gmail.com:
And since she's now even more notable than ever due to the lawsuit, does this mean [[Barbara Bauer]] can be recreated?
Nothing really to say about her. She's a literary agent who some of the Si-Fi community don't like very much. Trying to take wikimedia to court doesn't make you notable. Various people have tried to take various online services to court and run into sec230. I don't think we have articles on most of them.
Oh, I know. I think she might maybe--maybe--meet N standards.
To Wil, I'm sure not going to work an article of someone that may run litigation against editors, theoretically.
Is there any or was there any actual WMF restriction on her page if someone took it to DRV though?
- Joe