At 10:25 AM 7/20/02 +0200, Lars Aronsson wrote:
I had earlier claimed that the fear of copyright
violation was exaggerated and that really only Jimmy and Bomis were at risk. Someone else then claimed that the entire project was at risk, and now I tried to demonstrate that this was in fact not the case.
An injunction against publishing wikipedia (a likely remedy should gross violations occur) would affect the entire project.
The trick really is to avoid even having to prepare for serious litigation. Use your own camera...
And by the way, expect in any infringement case to have the contents of this mailing list entered as evidence. Showing a cavalier attitude would be part of proving the case. On our side showing due diligence would be part of defending the case.
Fred Bauder