2009/7/11 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
2009/7/11 geni geniice@gmail.com:
2009/7/11 Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com:
2009/7/11 John at Darkstar vacuum@jeb.no:
I sent out a press release earlier today to newspapers in Norway. It was sent to around 200 recipients. Perhaps others could do the same thing.
Please, nobody else take unilateral action. You're not the one being sued, it isn't your call.
Legally at the moment no one is being sued. Additionally none of the actions being carried out would be in contempt of court even if there was an ongoing case at this point.
I'm not talking about legalities, I'm talking about responsible behaviour. The NPG may well be willing to reach a reasonable settlement but they are less likely to do so if Wikimedians have been speaking ill of them in the popular press. You don't know if Derrick wants to fight this or not.
The case is under English and welsh law. For solid legal reasons the NPG will be willing to make a reasonable settlement.
Since we know that the NPG are not completely stupid and English law in any case lacks statutory damages it would seem to be somewhat improbable that any course of action we can take can make them insist on an unreasonable settlement.