[WikiEN-l] BADSITES ArbCom case in progress

[fredbaud at waterwiki.info]

The issue is malicious content, our concern regardless of legality.

Fred

>-----Original Message-----
>From: William Pietri [mailto:william at scissor.com]
>Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 03:50 PM
>To: 'English Wikipedia'
>Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] BADSITES ArbCom case in progress
>
>Mark Ryan wrote:
>> On 20/09/2007, Steve Summit <scs at eskimo.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> But this is (a) wrong (at least in the case of www hyperlinks),
>>> and (b) not relevant to a site hosted in Florida, USA.
>>> 
>>
>> It is relevant. Defamation under UK law happens where the content is
>> read, not where it is hosted.
>> 
>
>Why exactly would we worry about this?
>
>The way I look at it, all non-US law is relevant only to editors working 
>in those jurisdictions. If Britain or Venezuela or China believes that 
>the public can't handle certain material, that is interesting, but not 
>relevant to how we run Wikipedia.
>
>What might be relevant is the spirit behind the law. If the law gets 
>made because of some particular harm that we think is worse than 
>impeding honest discussion or the free flow of factual information, then 
>we should take a look at altering our course. But the law itself is the 
>business of the citizens under its jurisdiction, and not our collective 
>problem.
>
>William
>
>
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