[WikiEN-l] Inspired by the NPG row

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/7/22 Mathias Schindler <mathias.schindler at gmail.com>:
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM, David Gerard<dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> (I've alerted the author that the NPG has not in fact threatened WMF itself)
>
> As far as I know, WMF was threatened by NPG staff itself. So the
> statement is basically correct, but maybe misleading: "The National
> Portrait Gallery has recently taken legal action against the Wikimedia
> Foundation". Legal action may exist outside court and is not
> restricted to lawyers, the way it can be understood.

I would have said "threatened legal action" rather than "taken legal
action", but yes, the WMF has been threatened. They seem to have been
empty threats, though (it's easier to sue an individual than a fairly
large charity).