[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia Art incident

Fred Bauder fredbaud at fairpoint.net
Sun Apr 26 16:39:50 UTC 2009


> This is disingenuous.  A letter sent by a law firm "to outline our legal
> concerns" which uses legal language and tells a site that they will
> settle
> matters amicably if they meet a demand is a legal threat.  It may not
> actually
> include the words "or we will sue you", but trying to spin it as not
> being a
> legal threat is absurd.

Any communication, however artfully phrased to be non-threatening, from
an attorney or a corporation can be taken that way. However, the option
of not communicating is not viable.

Fred Bauder




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