[WikiEN-l] Getting hammered in a tv interview is not fun

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On 3/29/07, Slim Virgin <slimvirgin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/29/07, Bryan Derksen <bryan.derksen at shaw.ca> wrote:
> > Slim Virgin wrote:
> > > We're going to have more than a major hole in our coverage if we lose
> a lawsuit.
> >
> > Why? Aside from requiring us to take down whatever libelous
> > misinformation we lost the case over (which we would want to do
> > _anyway_), what limitation would it put on Wikipedia's coverage?
>
> If someone with money were to sue Wikipedia for having damaged him --
> or were to finance a lawsuit brought by someone else -- it could end
> up costing a great deal because of the global distribution of the
> content, and perhaps also because we've not shown ourselves to be
> deadly serious about getting rid of defamation. Unlike news
> organizations Wikipedia has no libel insurance so it could put us out
> of business.


Safe harbor, as long as we take it down. ~~~~