[Wikimedia-l] Legal victory for Wikipedia in Italy

[Salvador A]

It's pretty remarkable that Italian Court is keeping in mind the real
nature of Wikipedia as a sui generis collaborative project and not like a
web site in a traditional sense. This new legal definition might influence
other courts or laws. The most of law traditions in Latin America follow
closely the Italian criteria.

If possible, I would like a copy of the final resolution. Will you publish
it on Commons or WMIT web page?

Congratulations WMIT!


2013/6/26 Ilario Valdelli <valdelli at gmail.com>

> The blog has been already posted in the Italian mailing list and I would
> say that this is an excellent result.
>
> The justice in Italy is really slow in general, but in this case the
> timeline has been short and the result of the court of justice really good
> for the future.
>
> The definition that the prosecutor is able to change the definition in
> Wikipedia and for this reason there is no sense to accuse Wikipedia or WMF,
> it's a good way to give an indication for the future.
>
> Thank you
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:53 PM, Michelle Paulson
> <mpaulson at wikimedia.org>wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I am very happy to announce a favorable decision we have recently
> received
> > in an Italian defamation case brought against the Wikimedia Foundation by
> > former Italian Minister of Defense and Berlusconi advisor, Mr. Cesare
> > Previti.
> >
> > You can read more about it in our latest blog
> > post<
> >
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/06/26/wikimedia-foundation-legal-victory-italy/
> > >(available
> > in English and Italian).
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Michelle
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> > Legal Counsel
> > Wikimedia Foundation
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