[Foundation-l] Interesting legal action

Sarah slimvirgin at gmail.com
Sun May 22 18:32:36 UTC 2011


On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 11:00, ???? <wiki-list at phizz.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> On 22/05/2011 11:58, Chris Keating wrote:
>> Also rather interestingly, it appears that a Scottish newspaper has revealed
>> the identity of the footballer in question, on the grounds that English
>> superinjunctions don't apply in Scotland.
>>
>> Perhaps the WMF should open an office in Edinburgh, if London is too risky
>> ;-)
>
> The editors aren't safe though. JW was on the BBC radio yesterday saying
> that the WMF would hand over IP addresses if asked by the courts.
>
Jimbo said the Foundation would hand over the IP addresses of
Wikipedians if asked by a British court because of these injunctions?

Did he actually say that, and if so when did the Foundation decide this?

Sarah



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