[Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

[Fred Bauder]

>> On 20 May 2011 17:37, Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It won't be too long before a reputable news source covers the whole
>>> issue -
>>> or indeed a British Parliamentarian raises it under parliamentary
>>> privilege.
>>
> I'm thinking it will be interesting to see how Twitter's position is
> handled, namely that it's not a publisher. This is the issue that
> would impact on Wikipedia.
>

The action is in the U.K. The "publisher" fiction is American law. It
might come into play if an attempt is made in U.S. courts to collect any
judgment.

Fred