Vickram:
I am not insisting that WMF or the Chapter take the
lead in this matter -
there are plenty of NGOs and brave individuals out there fighting for the
preservation of our fundamental rights. But in this case, it is precisely
WMF (or if you please, the Chapter, although I don't really see the
connection, unless the Chapter charter includes a specific assignment of
rights from the Foundation for such purposes) that is the aggrieved party,
having posted information (or, to be legally specific, enabled the posting)
in the public domain for the common weal, that has been sought to be stolen
arbitrarily and without any form of legal sanction.
Actually, in this case the aggrieved party is not the Foundation or
the Chapter but Arun Ganesh. Neither the Foundation nor the Chapter
derive any rights from the content being available on a WMF project.
My query was only to establish whether Wikimedia in
general is playing an
active role in the courts in such matters, in India as well as abroad.
Not in India - it's far too soon but in the US, the WMF has filed, via
EFF, an amicus brief in an ongoing litigation in the US. More here:
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/foundation/239118
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
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