It's pretty remarkable that Italian Court is keeping in mind the real nature of Wikipedia as a sui generis collaborative project and not like a web site in a traditional sense. This new legal definition might influence other courts or laws. The most of law traditions in Latin America follow closely the Italian criteria.
If possible, I would like a copy of the final resolution. Will you publish it on Commons or WMIT web page?
Congratulations WMIT!
2013/6/26 Ilario Valdelli valdelli@gmail.com
The blog has been already posted in the Italian mailing list and I would say that this is an excellent result.
The justice in Italy is really slow in general, but in this case the timeline has been short and the result of the court of justice really good for the future.
The definition that the prosecutor is able to change the definition in Wikipedia and for this reason there is no sense to accuse Wikipedia or WMF, it's a good way to give an indication for the future.
Thank you
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Michelle Paulson mpaulson@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi All,
I am very happy to announce a favorable decision we have recently
received
in an Italian defamation case brought against the Wikimedia Foundation by former Italian Minister of Defense and Berlusconi advisor, Mr. Cesare Previti.
You can read more about it in our latest blog post<
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/06/26/wikimedia-foundation-legal-victory-ital...
(available
in English and Italian).
Best,
Michelle
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