On 31/05/06, Jean-Baptiste Soufron jbsoufron@gmail.com wrote:
I don't think it would be wise for the foundation to take any action that would not be correctly backed up by a chinese law firm explaining us what we can do, and what we cannot do. As much from a legal point of view, than from a PR or a political one.
Jean-Baptiste Soufron
Le 31 mai 06 à 20:15, Lars Aronsson a écrit :
Andrew Gray wrote:
We can't fight China; it'd waste our time and they wouldn't even
This could be the case if the PRC were to put all its muscle behind it, but it's not necessarily so. Their encyclopedia is apparently a small part of this Internet company, which is a small part of something bigger, in several steps. We don't mind their making their own encyclopedia, only the GFDL violation. Perhaps this violation was just a mistake by some middle manager, and not this decade's strategic policy of the whole communist party.
Make a map of their power hierarchy and figure out whose decision we're fighting, and how we can turn that person's boss into our friend. Make it easy for them to prune this dead branch from their organization tree. This may involve their NASDAQ status, their U.S. trading partners, etc.
What does Baide Baiku write about copyright, WIPO and such things? Do they explain concepts like licensing and copyright violations?
-- Lars Aronsson (lars@aronsson.se) Aronsson Datateknik - http://aronsson.se _______________________________________________
Something at least needs to be done, turning a blind eye to it will only make things worse.
-Selina