[Foundation-l] A PC instead of a VC

[daniwo59 at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/7/2008 9:59:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time,  
wknight8111 at gmail.com writes:

In all  this, you can't forget that the WMF board retains ultimate
legal control  over the projects, and nowhere has there been a
suggestion that this legal  authority be passed to any other entity,
much less the  VC.




One again, I do not know the answer. I simply think we should not  speculate, 
but rather ask someone with a legal background, in this case, Mike  Godwin, 
to chime in here. 
 
To quote from Wikipedia's own CDA article: "Effectively, this section  
immunizes ISPs and other service providers from torts committed by users over  their 
systems, unless the provider fails to take action after actual notice or  is 
itself involved in the process of creation or development of the content_[1]_ 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Decency_Act#cite_note-0) ." 
 
GerardM's proposal states: "This council will be about the projects and  will 
deal what makes the projects function better." As such: 1) would someone  
angry with a project be able to give notice to this PC; and 2) is this PC, by  
its very nature, somehow be construed as involved in the creation and  
development of content?
 
I am sure someone more legally minded can formulate even better questions.  
Perhaps the answer is No, as you suggest. But it sure would suck to find out  
that the speculation was wrong while in the middle of a court case.
 
Danny




**************Planning your summer road trip? Check out AOL Travel Guides.    
  (http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/united-states?ncid=aoltrv00030000000016)