[Foundation-l] FW: A Crime in Missouri

Dan Rosenthal swatjester at gmail.com
Thu Nov 22 22:35:12 UTC 2007


Depends on the jurisdiction.

-Dan

On Nov 22, 2007, at 4:59 PM, Marc Riddell wrote:

> Thanks, Brigitte, I didn't know. I'd also be curious as to how the law
> defines stalking and harassment.
>
> Marc
>
> on 11/22/07 2:57 PM, Birgitte SB at birgitte_sb at yahoo.com wrote:
>
>> I happen to live near this town and do know the
>> details  [1].
>>
>> I can't see how this could involve WMF.  The idea is
>> to make it possible to prosecute individuals who
>> intentionally harass others online.  It has nothing to
>> do with the means of harassment.  The only way I see
>> WMF being affected is if the person charged with
>> harassment is a checkuser or employee or something.
>>
>> BirgitteSB
>>
>> [1]
>> http://us.f303.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?box=Foundation%2dl&Mid=2863_1062078_3
>> 2964_3161_498_0_31904_1095_70994589
>> &inc=&Search=&YY=11233&y5beta=yes&y5beta=ye
>> s&order=down&sort=date&pos=0
>>
>> --- Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> This copy was meant for this List.
>>>
>>> Marc
>>> ----------
>>> From: Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net>
>>> Reply-To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
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>>> Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:20:08 -0500
>>> To: WikiEN List <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>>> Cc: Foundation List
>>> <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>>> Subject: [Foundation-l] A Crime in Missouri
>>>
>>> This is a question for you legal eagles out there:
>>>
>>> A town in Missouri (USA) has made on-line stalking
>>> and harassment a crime. I
>>> don't know much of the details, I just got it from
>>> CNN. But my question is,
>>> if the person charged an/or convicted of this crime
>>> were doing this in
>>> Wikipedia, or one of the other Projects, would the
>>> case involve us.
>>>
>>> Just curious.
>>>
>>> Marc Riddell
>>>
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