I called the number on the class action website and talked to someone on the phone. During the course of our conversation (partial transcript at http://wikip.blogspot.com/2005/12/i-just-talked-on-phone-to.html ) he told what seemed like several obvious untruths (about things like his location, his connection to QuakeAID, etc.). With enemies like this ...
On 12/13/05, Matt Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/13/05, Anthony DiPierro wikilegal@inbox.org wrote:
Well, yeah, in my opinion it's a pretty obvious case of fair use as far as the copyright goes. Doesn't Wikipedia have a tag for "logo of a company on a page about the company".
The individual behind this is in Greece, not the US. How does this change things? I'm not sure what Greek law has to say about Fair Use.
The case for dilution is trickier, but still probably fair use (if it's even dilution in the first place). I think it'd be a horrible mistake to sue them over it, but hey, it'd be an interesting thing to watch.
Not worth suing; besides, all the better to make him look foolish.
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