[WikiEN-l] IWF blacklist

[Thomas Dalton]

2008/12/10 David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>:
> 2008/12/10 Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>:
>> 2008/12/10 K. Peachey <p858snake at yahoo.com.au>:
>
>>>> On the other hand, the IWF removed even the Wikipedia version of the file
>>>> from the blacklist... So most likely they won't do anything about Google.
>
>>> Don't forget that was after jimbo said he was considering sueing
>>> because even the IWF had it checked and it was only "possibly"
>>> illegal, they never got confirmation, it would the same in court say
>>> if someone was stopping people from entering a store and claiming
>>> their carrot cake had rat poison in it without checking.
>
>> I hadn't realised he had said that - does anyone have a link?
>
>
> http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/wikipedia+may+challenge+iwf+ban/2877057

Cheers. That says his first thought was to sue but he'd been told it
probably wouldn't work - that's quite different to him actively
considering suing (for a start, its not his decision, either Sue or
the whole board would decide on the advice of Mike). I doubt that
report had any influence on the IWF decision to withdraw.