It doesn't take much to imagine what Russian or Chinese courts might like removed from Wikimedia projects. I would definitely support any intervention to oppose global jurisdiction in censorship cases.
Owen On Tue, 14 Jun 2016, 10:44 Jan Gerlach, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > As you know, we monitor legal developments across the world that could > affect WMF projects. In Equustek, the Supreme Court of Canada is currently > considering Google’s appeal of a Canadian court order that would require > Google to remove from all Google domains links to websites selling products > that allegedly infringe upon Equustek's intellectual property rights.[1] > > We believe that upholding such a broad order (and its extraterritorial > application to all Google domains) could persuade courts in other countries > that local court orders to remove Internet content should apply globally by > default. We have the opportunity to intervene in the case pending before > the Canadian Supreme Court and would like to take that opportunity to > explain to the court how this case could threaten Wikimedia projects, free > expression, and access to knowledge. Parties like the Electronic Frontier > Foundation have been involved in the case, and are also expected to > intervene. We would like to hear your thoughts on the case and the > potential intervention. > > Best, > Jan > > [1] > http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/google-appeal-of-worldwide-injunction-headed-to-supreme-court-1.3453653 > > > == > > > Jan Gerlach > Public Policy Manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 149 New Montgomery Street, 6th Floor > San Francisco, CA 94105 > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy >
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