[WikiEN-l] HD DVD key mess - OFFICE/Foundation?

[Ray Saintonge]

Anthony wrote:

>On 5/2/07, Jeff Raymond wrote:
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>>geni wrote:
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>>>You don'r have a choice. A lot of our boarderline "is this a copyvio?"
>>>(answer erm maybe) is delt with by 20 something brits. We simply can't
>>>afford the lawyers to answer all of them.
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>>>
>>Again, this isn't a copyvio situation (and our copyright paranoia is a
>>whole different can of worms), but a situation of contradictory and
>>unclear legality that shouldn't be handled the way it has been thus far.
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>It's a situation of contradictory and unclear legality under copyright
>law, which would make it an alleged copyright law violation.
>
An allegation does not a violation make.

>I'd appreciate the foundation coming right out and saying that we
>aren't allowed to mention the key, if that's what they want, but as
>someone coded up the site to not allow the key to be mentioned, that's
>almost as good.
>
More important would be for the Foundation to develoip a clear arm's 
length relationship with the communities that it hosts.  It must respond 
to proper legal notices in accordance with the law, but should not be 
making unilateral determinations of what is and is not illegal.  It can 
suggest to a community that given content may be clearly illegal, but in 
the absence of a proper legal demand it remains up to that community 
itself to take the action it deems fit.  Doing otherwise could 
compromise its status as an ISP.

Ec