Anthony wrote:
On 12/13/05, Steve Block <steve.block at myrealbox.com> wrote:
Anthony DiPierro wrote:
On 12/13/05, Steve Block <steve.block at myrealbox.com> wrote:
Wikipedia does not and should not give legal advice. If you'd like to do research on what the laws are your contribution to the encyclopedia would be greatly appreciated. But the foundation can't and shouldn't force anyone to do that research.
I did quite a bit of research. However, since Wikipedia apparently should not offer legal advice, I removed all such research since it constitutes offering legal advice. The only people who can really contribute on understanding of the laws would be judges and lawyers. I cannot affrord to pay a lawyer for his opinion and since, as with all areas of information, it is best to engage an expert, it appears this recourse is blocked.
If you can come up with a way to be in better compliance with the laws of a particular jurisdiction without removing useful information from the encyclopedia, then I think we should definitely consider it.
Based on what you've already stated, I would say it is impossible to be able to offer such a suggestion, since if no guidance is offered on what may contravene laws in certain jurisdictions, it is impossible to think of a way to comply with such laws.