[Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia - What exactly does the proposed law say?

Thomas Morton morton.thomas at googlemail.com
Tue Oct 4 21:42:19 UTC 2011


http://www.camera.it/_dati/leg16/lavori/stampati/pdf/16PDL0038530.pdf

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On 4 October 2011 22:40, Andreas Kolbe <jayen466 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I would echo Risker's question: What exactly does the proposed new law
> say?
> Is it that disputed content will have to be *removed* if a request is
> received, and *replaced* with the BLP subject's statement?
> Or is it that BLP subjects have the right to ask for a correction to be
> posted on the page, *in addition* to the disputed content?
> I can read some Italian; a link to the proposed text of the new law, along
> with an indication of the relevant section or paragraph, would be much
> appreciated.
> Andreas
>
> --- On Tue, 4/10/11, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> From: Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Blackout at Italian Wikipedia
> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Tuesday, 4 October, 2011, 14:09
>
> On 4 October 2011 08:57, Tanvir Rahman <wikitanvir at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > >
> > > I think this is a prime opportunity to point out to those concerned:
> > > Wikipedia is hosted in the US :) so no need to worry!
> > >
> >
> > They can block Italian Wikipedia in Italy, right? If so, it is a concern.
> >
> >
>
> Perhaps someone who can understand Italian well might be able to provide a
> brief summary of the situation to those of us who, sadly, depend on google
> translate?  I am unclear what the "new" law says that is leading
> Italian-speaking Wikipedians to consider a blackout of the Italian
> Wikipedia.
>
> Risker
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