On 3 June 2010 00:13, Klaus Graf <klausgraf(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
It was clearly un-lawful to take down the TU Munich
logo which isn't
protectable according German copyright law but WMF has done so.
Of course it is lawful for the WMF to remove something from a WMF
site. It may not be legally necessary, but that doesn't make it
un-lawful. Also, German copyright law is irrelevant - the servers are
in Florida (with a few in the Netherlands) and that is where almost
all the WMF's assets are based. Finally, the WMF rightfully errs on
the side of caution with legal matters - just because we could win the
court case doesn't mean it is worth fighting it.
Oh, one last point - next time you post a complaint to foundation-l,
please include links to the relevant actions and discussions.