[WikiEN-l] filtering, etc.

[Alex T.]

Ray Saintonge wrote:
> 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.
>
> Ec
I completely agree. Unless there is blatant copyright violation (which can
be
reported through the DMCA mechanism) trying to use Wikipedia to define
what is or what is not fair use may be dangerous as it is too much self
policing
may just be unwarranted self censorship.

Alex756