[Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

[Sarah]

On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 20:19, Wjhonson <wjhonson at aol.com> wrote:
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>  It is not up to us to decide that something is "private".  If it's been published, then it is public.
> If it's been published in a reliable source, than it's useable in our project.
>
But not everything that's usable has to be used. I'm increasingly
wondering whether we should be hosting any BLPs, because these are
often difficult decisions to make -- at which point there is
legitimate public interest in a person's private life -- and they
can't be reached thoughtfully in an open-editing environment.