Thomas Morton, 05/10/2011 00:23: > I'm still a little bit confused how this will impact Wikipedia, though. > > The law seems to be clear in identifying the website owner as the person to > contact; which is a US not-for-profit.
Which law? And which law speaks of website owner? Anyone can be asked to publish the correction/statement. > Don't get me wrong; despite my moaning I do support thie it.wiki community > in opposing this (whether or not it affects them) just as helped I oppose > all the idiotic French internet laws that came through some time ago. Indeed > I just finished drafting a letter to the IT Consulate here, plus one for my > MP& something for the various media contacts I have. > > However, you know, I still register my discomfort with actually "closing" > it.wiki in protest :S > > And I would still be interested to hear actual analysis how this might > affect editors directly (because if it does; then this leaves interesting > questions like - what about Facebook? Forum posts? Emails? Blog comments? > etc.) Yes. Even blog or Facebook comments are at risk with this law. Everything is subject to it. I hope that the italian prominent jurist Stefano Rodotà confirming that the law would affect Wikipedia badly and the protest is justified will be enough for you: <http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio/wikipedia-rivolta-on-line/2162962/12> Nemo _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l