[Foundation-l] Our first defamation case?

Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton at gmail.com
Fri May 2 10:38:24 UTC 2008


2008/5/2 Michael Bimmler <mbimmler at gmail.com>:
> On Fri, May 2, 2008 at 10:53 AM, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>  > http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/05/02
>  >
>  >  We have EFF onside, so CDA Section 230 protection is probably going to
>  >  see us right on this one.
>
>
>  http://www.eff.org/files/filenode/wikimedia/BauerSecondAmendedComplaint.pdf
>
>  page 26:
>  "Plaintiff has informed [Wikimedia Foundation] that the statements
>  about her are false and defamatory but [Wikimedia Foundation] has
>  refused to remove the statements despite the fact that Brian Lamb the
>  founder of [Wikimedia Foundation] has stated publicly that his website
>  is accountable and that mistakes are removed in minutes".
>
>  Uh, right, "Brian Lamb the founder of [WF=Wikimedia Foundation]?"
>  Jimmy, is this your new alias? Or has someone failed on his research
>  here pretty badly?

Actually, it's even worse than that. The amended complaint was filed 9
months after the article was deleted... Getting someone's name wrong
is one thing, but the entire point being nonsense is quite another...



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