[Foundation-l] Texts deleted on French Wikisource

[John Vandenberg]

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 6:00 AM, Mike Godwin <mnemonic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We cannot inform you about all the details communicated in an ongoing
> negotiation with parties threatening us with litigation.  Apart from whether
> doing so would be consistent with legal ethics, it would also provide a
> disincentive for complaining parties to negotiate with us at all.

It sounds like you are suggesting that there is ongoing dialog between
WMF and Gallimard.. ?

> Official legal policy is to comply with properly crafted takedown notices.
> This has been our policy since long before I arrived at WMF. I'm surprised
> that you didn't know this before now.

And what is the process _after_ the takedown?

Did the National Portrait Gallery not provide a properly crafted take
down notice?

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John Vandenberg