No, actually it's not.

Read this: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_Liability_Limitation_Act#Take_down_and_Put_Back_provisions

and then figure out why this is not WMF's place to get involved other than 
availing itself of the safe harbor protections. Hint: check step 6. 

-Dan
On Mar 3, 2010, at 9:11 AM, Techman224 wrote:

> Unfortunately, the WMF got involved the moment when they removed the keys, 
> also the DMCA notice (or any other notice)
> is given to the person or organization that runs the website. It is not given 
> to the user who posted the content as they can't
> remove content after it has been published. Since the WMF got the notice, it 
> is their responsibility to file a counternotice or not.
> 
> On 2010-03-03, at 7:40 AM, Dan Rosenthal wrote:
> 
>> Doesn't matter how they were posted. If they were, and there is a valid 
>> notice, the action is to expeditiously remove them, notify the poster and 
>> let the poster decide if they want to counter-notice and contest it.
>> 
>> All the second guessing in the world is irrelevant to a fight between two 
>> people (TI and the key-poster), neither of which are the WMF, and presumably 
>> neither of which are you. This is not our battle to fight. 
>> 
>> -Dan
>> On Mar 3, 2010, at 8:28 AM, Techman224 wrote:
>> 
>>> It depends on how the keys were posted and displayed on the wiki page, 
>>> however we can't see the revisions 
>>> with the keys because of the oversights, to see how they were posted and 
>>> where, so we are in the dark there.
>>> 
>>> On 2010-03-03, at 4:38 AM, Chad wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 3:47 AM, Peter Gervai <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 04:26, Dan Rosenthal <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> I think you're misconstruing who is doing what here. The Foundation is 
>>>>>> not the "person" required to send the counter notice, nor do they have 
>>>>>> the freedom or the obligation to involve themselves in a copyright 
>>>>>> dispute between TI and another user. It's not their determination to 
>>>>>> make whether the action is necessary or not.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So they are not and not theirs. Who is and whose it is? :-)
>>>>> 
>>>>> (Unobfuscating: I guess he wanted to know what to do to get the
>>>>> information back up.)
>>>>> 
>>>>> g
>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> By looking on the other sites that seem to be posting it. I don't see
>>>> how posting their signing keys helps anyone trying to learn about
>>>> the company.
>>>> 
>>>> This sounds like a new case of "we want to post it because they don't
>>>> want it posted"
>>>> 
>>>> -Chad
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