[Foundation-l] Litigation costs

[Anthony]

On Jan 8, 2008 7:26 AM, Mike Godwin <mnemonic at gmail.com> wrote:
> Robert Rohde writes:
>
> >  Obviously, we don't want to press law suits when we are in the
> > wrong, but we
> > also shouldn't be shying away from legally permissible fair use simply
> > because we are afraid that every so often there will be a fight over
> > it.  I
> > am oft-reminded that man has only those freedoms that he is prepared
> > defend.  Well, fair use is one of those freedoms, and in such
> > circumstances
> > that invoking fair use is a necessary and justified means of improving
> > Wikipedia/Wikimedia, we should be willing to defend that right.
>
> Then I think the obvious next question is, how much money (in dollars
> or Euros) should we be willing to allocate every year to the defense
> of cases we believe we will likely win?

What's wrong with just forwarding the DMCA takedown notice to the
original contributor and letting that person decide whether or not to
issue a put-back notice?