[WikiEN-l] filtering, etc.

[Ray Saintonge]

Axel Boldt wrote:

>--- Daniel Ehrenberg <littledanehren at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>One of Wikipedia's main goals is to get it to
>>everyone. That's why it is free, in both senses, free
>>food and free speech. If we want to get it to
>>everyone, we have to make some accomidations, and I
>>think optional censorship (necessary at some domain
>>names) is the easiest way to do this.
>>
>
>Wikipedia is available to everyone. So far, the threat is completely
>hypothetical: no school has blocked Wikipedia. Maybe, before rushing to
>action, we should give schools more credit. If indeed at some point
>some school blocks Wikipedia, we can, after reaping the benefits of a
>nice New York Times article and ACLU lawsuit, set up your edupedia in a
>matter of weeks - the sifter code is already in place.
>
Agreed.  A lot of debate occurs over fighting phantom lawsuits, whether 
over this or over copyright issues.  This kind of self-censorship tends 
to cut out a lot more material than might ever be demanded by the courts.

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