Hi Lodewijk We will talk to Benoit. I am already in touch with him, but thank you for offering to put us in touch.
Best, Jan On Tue, Jun 14, 2016 at 12:13 PM, L.Gelauff <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > I presume you're already in touch with the Canadian chapter? Otherwise, > I'd be happy to put you in touch with Benoit & co. > > Best, > Lodewijk > > 2016-06-14 11:44 GMT+02:00 Jan Gerlach <[email protected]>: > >> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Publicpolicy mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/publicpolicy > >
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