[Foundation-l] Re: Formal request: Wikinews project

[Fred Bauder]

Yeh, you folks are just not listening. You need to check into what even a
simple nuisance action against you would cost. God forbid, what the
consequences would be if there was a substantial award against you.

At a bare minimum, in order that all the work we have done doesn't end up in
the ownership of a plaintiff, the Wikinews project needs to be a separate
corporation.

We are not a little hole in the corner outfit no one heard of anymore. We
are getting up there with the New York Times and CBS News who budget millons
for legal defense. Where is that kind of money going to come from?

Fred

> From: Andrew Lih <andrew.lih at gmail.com>
> Reply-To: Andrew Lih <andrew.lih at gmail.com>, Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> <foundation-l at wikimedia.org>
> Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 10:23:44 +0800
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l at wikimedia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Re: Formal request: Wikinews project
> 
> This endeavour, while sharing Wikimedia's goals of openness, inclusion
> and free content is the most ambitious project yet, because it becomes
> primary source journalism. And with this, comes the baggage of having
> to deal with libel and slander in ways Wikipedia does not, because WP
> is one level of indirection away from accountable sources. Legal
> counsel for any primary source reporting would be a necessity.