On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 1:45 PM, <wjhon...@aol.com> wrote: > > > It's not about what you cannot do, it's about what you CAN do. > In light of the evidence that some of the works are in the public domain in > France, are you willing to stop taking down the material? That's the real > issue here. > > We can simply repost the material, but it's moot, if you're going to keep > taking it down. > > Actually, you misunderstand the law of copyright notice-and-takedown. If you repost the content, compliant with applicable notice-and-takedown law, and accompany the reposting with a sworn affidavit that you have the right to repost it, we won't take it down.
Please be advised that I can't be your lawyer in this matter -- I represent WMF -- but I am certain that any lawyer you retained would advise you how to go about reposting material removed pursuant to a formally correct takedown notice (which is what we received). It's really, really helpful to me if, prior to recommending what WMF should do in response to a takedown notice, you familiarize yourself with the relevant law. If you had done so in this instance, you would know already that we're not "going to keep taking it down." --Mike _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l