What does that mean? It's not harmful to Wikipedia for a copyright holder to give notice before he goes ahead with litigation. It's beneficial. I don't really think threats of legal action are a big deal. Usually it's just somebody being obnoxious/cocky. Let them be delusional and tell people they're going to sue them. There's no way that should offend someone. And if they do go through with it, at least the end being served had some warning. :) --cookiecaper.
-----Original Message----- From: wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org [mailto:wikien-l-bounces@Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Sean Barrett Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 9:47 AM To: BJörn Lindqvist; English Wikipedia Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Are legal threats blockable offenses?
BJörn Lindqvist stated for the record:
What if someone who is the copyright holder of an image that is used in Wikipedia under the Fair Use clausul threatens to sue Wikipedia? Do you think that should be illegal? Personal threat how?
We will not try to stop anyone from seeking judicial redress, but we will not allow them to continue to edit Wikipedia while they try to harm us.