On 1 Jul 2012, at 21:00, Tom Morris wrote:
On Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 8:19 PM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 1 July 2012 19:44, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
So, USA and Europe. But not the UK.
Yes. Rest assured the WMF is not so foolish as to base anything in the UK.
None of which will matter if the law is so broadly drawn that Wikimedia UK or even an individual Wikimedian could be held to be an operator of a telecommunications system. Which is exactly why it would be nice if someone at Wikimedia UK were to look into this as an issue. I wouldn't bring it up if it didn't seem like there was an issue.
Are you volunteering? I don't believe that we have WMUK staff or trustee time that can be put towards leading a discussion of the details and implications that the bill could have for Wikimedia (globally or locally), or to coordinate writing a response to the bill - but if a volunteer is interested and willing to do that then that could be good.
Thanks, Mike