Delirium wrote:
Erik Moeller wrote:
ICANN's trademark rules are evil, have been abused to suppress free speech on many occasions and should be fought, not implicitly or explicitly supported.
I disagree with this political statement. I feel that Wikipedia should protect its interests through the avenues available, regardless of your personal viewpoints on ICANN's trademark rules.
Because the ends justify the means?
I'm not sure that Erik is reading this particular situation right; but I absolutely agree with him on the broad point: If we use intellectual property law to coerce somebody, then we had damned well better make sure that it's ethical (in our own opinions, of course) as well as legally sound. And I also agree that IP law diverges from ethics greatly, certainly more than most international law.
-- Toby