On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 12:40:18 +0100, Thomas Dalton
<thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15360864
I'm not sure of the details of this case, but it looks like it would
be worth us keeping an eye on it since it could potentially have
repercussions for us. Hopefully, the case will either be thrown out or
it will turn out to depend on the existing relationship between the
site and the actress (she signed up to something called "IMDbPro"). I
can't really see how anything like this could be successfully brought
against us, but you never know.
I thought the BLP policy clearly implies that the birth year should be
referenced otherwise it must go. I do not think we should wait till
somebody sues the WMF (unless the birth year is referenced to IMDB and as a
result of the case it will be hidden).
Cheers
Yaroslav