[WikiEN-l] "Stocking personal details"

[Anthony]

On Sun, Aug 19, 2012 at 6:32 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com> wrote:
> Achim lives in Germany, so is very much subject to German law. He's
> equally subject to German law if he edits the English Wikipedia,
> though. There is no connection between a particular language Wikipedia
> and the law of a country that speaks that language.
>
> The OP said that the French Wikipedia was illegal, not that
> contributing to Wikipedia while in France could be illegal. They are
> very different things.

And you said "French law doesn't apply."  You didn't say "France is
unlikely to be able extradite people from the United States over the
issue."  They are very different things.