--- Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
Tomos wrote:
Similar things, but with different conditions, would apply for admins of other language-wikis. So, sometimes, even if the content is perfectly legal to host in a U.S. server, it would have to be deleted by an admin in another country.
Uh, no. The /only/ thing that counts is the legality of having the material on a server in the US. What is legal for the user to submit to Wikipedia is entirely up to the individual user, his or her nation and the amount of risk the user is willing to take.
The /only/ laws that matter here are the ones of California and the US. So if the material violates California and US law, /then/, and only then, can it be deleted on legal grounds.
If I understood Tomos correctly, his point was this: a user posts material to Wikipedia in violation of his country's laws, but not in violation of US/CA laws. Somebody from that country notices the violation, complains to an admin from that country and demands the removal of the material. If the admin doesn't comply, they could conceivably become liable under the laws of their own country.
Axel
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