[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Announcements] Wikimedia Foundation Seeks Declaratory Relief in response to Legal Threats from Internet Brands

[David Gerard]

On 6 September 2012 14:48, David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 September 2012 01:46, Kelly Kay <kkay at wikimedia.org> wrote:

>> Today the Wikimedia Foundation filed a
>> suit<https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:WMF_complaint_for_declaratory_judgement_September_2012.pdf>

> I urge everyone to read through the PDF. To be clear: IB is attacking
> the freedom to fork; WMF is defending the freedom of free content.


Internet Brands have themselves put up their suit against James and Ryan:

http://static.ibsrv.net/ibsite/pdf/2012/2012_9_4_Internet%20Brands%20Files%20To%20Protect%20Its%20Wikitravel%20Trademark%20From%20Deliberate%20Infringement.pdf

It does indeed look the same as the copy served on Ryan:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/38/Internet_Brands_v_William_Ryan_Holliday.pdf

Compare and contrast with the Wikimedia PDF.


My blog post, in which I emphasise that this is fundamentally an
attack on CC by-sa and the freedom of free content:

http://davidgerard.co.uk/notes/2012/09/06/internet-brands-sues-people-for-forking-under-cc-by-sa/


- d.