Angela wrote:
On 3/20/07, Guettarda <guettarda(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
In a recent posting, Jimbo stated that anything
that draws from primary
sources is OR. The section is question was drawn in part from primary
sources (San Diego courts case detail, a Superior court judgement).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons
suggests that whether or not primary sources can be used depends on
how public the figure is. For non-public figures, it says "material
from primary sources should generally not be used," whereas for public
figures it says "material from primary sources should be used with
care" though that is under the heading "Presumption in favor of
privacy".
Court judgements (and, for that matter, court filings by the disputants,
and even trial transcripts) are a matter of public record. This is an
important component to maintaining the transparency of the judicial
system. Privacy should not be a factor with this kind of material.
Ec