On 3 June 2010 21:42, Ryan Kaldari rkaldari@wikimedia.org wrote:
There are several handy online guides for how to file DMCA counter-notices. It is very easy and doesn't require hiring a lawyer. The only catch is that by filing the counter-notice you are putting your money where your mouth is and legally asserting that you have the right to post the work (so make sure that this is correct or you may end up in a lawsuit).
Yep! You want to write a first draft of a guide? I'm sure the EFF or someone like that will have something suitable to start with.
We can't have a lawyer employed by the WMF look over it, but we have lots of lawyers amongst the volunteers.
The current situation is completely different than the NPG situation, which involved only bogus threats, not a legally binding takedown notice.
Indeed. If they had issued a takedown notice, someone could have responded with "it's not bogus. I am this person at this address. Make my day."
- d.